I think Karamazov is at his best when he adopts techniques from historical keyboard players. His Bach Toccata (OK, maybe not Bach, whatever) has some very interesting, real baroque stuff in it. Very traditional, basic baroque. Would it be even better with Bach style ornaments? dt
At 04:32 AM 2/3/2009, you wrote: >From: "David Tayler" <[email protected]> >>I'm old fashioned, I guess; I think the old ways are better. >Some are. Some aren't. > > >>I've no objection to musical freedom, I just advocate "try then decide". >>I also think one learns more form one note of a great player than a >>whole book of deconstructionist. >>dt >Exactly. You've said it. That why I try to learn something from Karamazov. >RT > > > > > >>At 04:40 AM 2/2/2009, you wrote: >>>As you might expect - I advocate the same thing as Haynes, sans >>>balking. I'd rather deal with the last Tuesday's trills, than >>>anything by, say, Matteis. >>>RT >>> >>> >>> >>>From: "David Rastall" <[email protected]> >>>>On Feb 1, 2009, at 6:10 PM, Mark Wheeler wrote: >>>> >>>>>You should check out Bruce Haynes book "The end of early music" >>>> >>>>I couldn't agree more. It's a very good read. Although Haynes is a >>>>strong advocate for the writing of "new" music in the Baroque style, >>>>which makes me balk a little bit. I'd rather go to original 17th- or >>>>18th-Century sources than try to deal with French trills in something >>>>written last Tuesday. >>>> >>>>DR >>>>[email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>-- >>>> >>>>To get on or off this list see list information at >>>>http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >>> >>
