I greatly appreciate both the quality and the quantity of Anton's work. With
exquisite taste he selects period pieces and creates beautiful lute
arrangements of beautiful vocal and instrumental compositions, and his
rapidly expanding output greatly increases the repertoire of our instrument.
But the question is not about the value of Anton's work--how could anyone
deny it?--but, rather, about the advisability of notifying the list of each
new arrangement. I, for one, like to keep abreast of what Anton is doing and
appreciate the notifications (though perhaps several e-mails could be
consolidated into one). When a midi file accompanies the score, I always
find great pleasure in listening to it immediately, and when he provides a
guitar transcription as well, it facilitates the study of the counterpoint.
Most of all, however, I am inspired by Anton's high standards of excellence,
his unrelenting work ethic, and the great service he renders to the lute
community worldwide by both. Every time I receive one of his notifications,
it helps give me the strength to forge ahead myself. If I could be so
impudent as to make a request, it would not be that he decrease the number
of e-mails but that he increase the number of midi files and perhaps
organize them into a continuous playlist. I would love to put on the
headphones and listen to his arrangements one after the other while I am
reading.
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