Ned, I think David also mentioned Bruce Haynes who writes from more of a HIP insider's point of view. He discusses a lot of similar issues as Taruskin, drawing his own conclusions. I'd recommend "The End of Early Music."
Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Sat, 5/7/11, Edward Mast <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Edward Mast <[email protected]> > Subject: [LUTE] Re: New blog post > To: "David van Ooijen" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, May 7, 2011, 8:57 AM > David, I mentioned Richard Taruskin > simply because I took your view to be similarly out of the > mainstream of HIP thinking as his is. Namely, that > generally HIP performances truly represent a far more > modern, than historical approach and > aesthetic. I don't know if the other > writers you refer to have similar views, not having read > them, but RT has come in for extensive criticism from the > early music world for his views. > > > On May 7, 2011, at 5:39 AM, David van Ooijen wrote: > > > On 7 May 2011 11:23, Gary Digman <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I don't know what exactly you mean by > "gratuitous". I assume you did not > > > > Gratuitous dissonants are dissonants outside the frame > of reference > > for the listener, and therefore without obvious > meaning, or usefulness > > to him/her. The 'there's no point but to shock' > reaction. > > A Medieval listener to organum would be shocked by > thirds on strong > > beats, and no doubts think a third in a final chord > outrageously > > gratuitous. > > What for Wagner was common harmonical language might > be gratuitously > > dissonant to the casual Baroque listener. > > As a point in case: my classical guitar teacher didn't > like jazz > > because of all those unresolved sevenths! ;-) > > > > David - who forgot to mention Wodehouse, Dogen and > Milne, to whomever > > it was asking for his literary inspiration > > -- > > ******************************* > > David van Ooijen > > [email protected] > > www.davidvanooijen.nl > > ******************************* > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > >
