Martyn, Very simple answers. Composers expected money/food/lodging in exchange for whatever music his (almost always his) patron desired. Audiences expected to be pleased.
Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Sat, 7/2/11, Martyn Hodgson <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Martyn Hodgson <[email protected]> > Subject: [LUTE] Re: What's the point to 'historical sound' > To: [email protected], "Ron Andrico" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, July 2, 2011, 7:10 AM > > > All this is no excuse to ignore what > evidence there actually is about > what early composers, and their > audiences, expected. > > --- On Sat, 2/7/11, Ron Andrico <[email protected]> > wrote: > > From: Ron Andrico <[email protected]> > Subject: [LUTE] Re: What's the > point to 'historical sound' > To: [email protected], > [email protected] > Date: Saturday, 2 July, 2011, > 11:55 > > To Martyn & All: > My point is, while we may try to > recreate sounds of the past, we are > constrained by the parameters of the > present. Echoing Arto's idea, > the > 'truth' of what we hear is here and > now. I would prefer to immerse > myself in the contextual evidence and > damn the realities of modern > performing constraints - except I like > playing on strings that are > possible to tune. > Ron Andrico > > Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 08:27:07 > +0100 > > To: [1][email protected] > > From: [2][email protected] > > Subject: [LUTE] What's the point > to 'historical sound' > > > > > > > > Ron Andrico writes: 'This whole > archlute episode brings up an > > important point: At some point, > we have to admit that we are not > trying > > to re-create an historical > sound.' > > > > There are a number of > difficulties with this view of which the > > principal is that the original > composer created the work with > > particular sounds in mind (tho' > of course this might vary so that, > for > > example, pieces could sometimes > be rescored to better fit local > > conditions). Who are we to say > the composer was wrong? > > > > The whole thrust of 'period > performance' is to try and escape from > the > > blinkered cavalier (self-centred) > approach adopted in the early > years > > of the movement and to focus on > trying to achieve something closer > to > > what the 'Old Ones' might > actually have heard. Personally I'd draw > the > > line at castrati - but accidents > can happen....... > > > > MH > > > > MH > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > To get on or off this list see > list information at > > [3]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > -- > > -- > > References > > 1. http://uk.mc263.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected] > 2. http://uk.mc263.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected] > 3. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
