I've been advised that their "mission" is to recreate the "good ol' days" of the Renaissance and Middle Ages; i.e., forget the plague, lack of hygiene (or toilets), etc. What remains is music (sometimes inappropriate), colorful clothes, manly fighting and beer. Of course there are the poorly researched diction (I wouldst give thou a penny for thine thoughts) and anachronistic (it's in the name!!) instrumentation that drive us all nutsĀ
Leonard Williams On 8/12/13 9:31 AM, "Christopher Wilke" <[email protected]> wrote: >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 > >-------------------------------------------- >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 > > > > > To get on or off this list see list > information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > Tom Draughon > > Heartistry Music > > http://www.heartistrymusic.com/artists/tom.html > > 714 9th Avenue West > > Ashland, WI 54806 > > 715-682-9362 > > > > -- > > > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
