Tom,
I am by no means opposed to the idea of reaching out to other groups, but I
have to say I am very skeptical about the SCA. By including the word
"anachronism" in the title of the organization, they say quite openly that they
are all about intentional historical inaccuracy. Meanwhile, we are about being
"historically informed." Despite some (very) superficial similarities, then,
our groups are really after two diametrically opposed goals.
Then there's the double issue of the word "Creative" in their name. Lordy,
we've got people expostulating on the size of the proper theorbo, what
stringing one is permitted to use on a baroque guitar, and how all competent
musicians must be able to sight read plainchant neumes backwards and upside
down on the tromba marina while transposing accurately by within 2 cents and
simultaneously gargling the contra tenor from the Sanctus of DuFay's "Missa
L'homme Arme" in augmentation. So, in other words, creativity is most unwelcome
here.
Chris
Dr. Christopher Wilke D.M.A.
Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer
www.christopherwilke.com
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On Sun, 8/11/13, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
Subject: [LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness
To: [email protected]
Date: Sunday, August 11, 2013, 11:58 AM
NYC Medieval
Festival at Fort Tryon was originally run by the history
department of Hunter College of CUNY, very
nicely too. Until SCA took
over...... RT
Are we trying creatively to increase
general audience for lute music
here,
or are we practicing exclusivity? I'm
looking at SCA and Ren Faires
solely
as a group of potential music buyers. Why
not encourage the interest
and
point it in the right direction?
Tom
On 8/11/2013 11:08 AM, Geoff Gaherty
wrote:
> On 11/08/13 9:41 AM, Ron Fletcher
wrote:
>> My main point is that true
historical re-enactment is
>> not fantasy, but a desire to
generate public awareness of our great
>> heritage.
>
> For a number of years, I was music
director for Poculi Ludiquae
> Societas, the medieval drama society
at the University of Toronto's
> Institute of Medieval Studies during
the 1980s:
>
> http://groups.chass.utoronto.ca/plspls/
>
> We were committed to meticulous
historical research as well as
> lively performances. My job was
to select music appropriate to the
> time and culture of the plays being
performed, and to provide
> suitable musicians to perform
it. We worked in very close
> association with the professional
early music performers in Toronto,
> to everyone's mutual benefit.
>
> We used to cringe whenever anyone
mentioned the Society for Creative
> Anachronism!
>
> Geoff
>
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