This would apply to people who say music is bad when not played on gut strings, when played with period-inappropriate instruments, when played with the wrong kind of thumb, or played on a sax when they used clarinets in the old days. In the jazz world a lot of people argue about what is jazz and what isn't jazz. Not like us!
Wayne Begin forwarded message: > From: howard posner <[email protected]> > Subject: [LUTE] Re: colonel public Lute awareness > Date: August 7, 2013 6:26:59 PM EDT > To: lutelist Dmth <[email protected]> > > On Aug 7, 2013, at 3:16 PM, Leonard Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I believe the criterion for judging good music from bad lies in the quote >> (also Ellington??): "If it sounds good, it is good." > > This is either tautology or useful advice for anyone in the habit of judging > music by its smell. > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
