I am not a musicologist, besides being busy with another set of Ukrainian
variations.
Look up Pandura and Barbat on Wikipedia, for starters.
Then track down the Byzantine lute iconography from the pre-Iconoclasm era
(there are a few images available).
It is a simple bit of common sense which educated musicologists don't have:
a large and rich European Empire sutuated in both West and East and
possessing the lands where the lutes have supposedly originated.
RT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lex van Sante" <[email protected]>
To: "lute mailing list list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 5:04 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Arabian past
I suppose that RT is a master in putting forward strong opinions
preferably without argumentation. This could be a way to stirr things up.
On the other hand his way of expressing himself makes staying on topic a
challenge.
I for one could live with some diplomacy around here.
Cheers to y'all!
Lex van Sante
Op 22 nov 2009, om 22:05 heeft Stephen Stubbs het volgende geschreven:
As the insult comic Don Rickles gets referred to as: Mr Warmth
I think of the very creative, talented, and highly intelligent Roman
Turovsky as: Mr Tact.
I too wish that Roman would expand on his interesting, but very terse,
thoughts.
Best,
Stephen.
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From: Franz Mechsner <[email protected]>
To: Daniel Winheld <[email protected]>; lute <[email protected]
>
Sent: Sun, November 22, 2009 1:22:33 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Arabian past
Hi Daniel,
I am sorry that you felt addressed by my not so polite remark - it
was
actually a (too) quick reaction to Roman's answer to my original
question. I felt somewhat mistreated by simply getting the message
that
all my assumptions on which the question were fallacious, full stopp
-
with no further explanations. That style felt like a slap in the
face
instead of an answer, telling me mainly how ignorant I am (in
infinite
contrast to him) instead of giving me the chance to learn better.
Maybe I misunderstood his intention. Actually I would very much like
to
understand his very interesting statements better and to judge them.
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