Dear Ralf: Perhaps one is a bit hasty to pass judgement from afar on the sharpness of another person's tools without seeing the larger context of the work. I observe here and on other comment forums that it is easy to throw a good idea off-track by distracting with humorous associations. In the end, we learn fascinating historical connections through a perceptive eye, a discerning ear, and a complete immersion into the subject matter and it's context. I suppose one can find echoes of the cuckoo clock in nearly any musical phrase. Best, RA > Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 00:01:41 +0100 > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Say love and Queen Elizabeth
SNIP > Oh dear, that's what happens if you use the wrong tool to analyze. > I wouldn't call five stepwise notes downward an "melody". Otherwise > you might claim that Dowland quotes the end of "La Spagna". > Cheers, Ralf Mattes -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
