Could part of the answer be that you see/hear/know a limited set of
lute players, a set that tends to gather in this forum, and don't
see/hear the more broadly minded lute players in this world? Or perhaps
does this forum tend to talk mostly about hipp lute playing, even
though many of its members are more broadly oriented? I
meet/see/talk/know many lute players who play a lot of other music
besides the canon composed by our beloved and revered Old Ones. I don't
think playing one kind of music excludes playing another kind of music,
and I see many colleagues, professional and amateur, although perhaps
more amongst the first than among the latter, who share my point of
view. I think the lute playing world exhibits a wide variety of music
styles that happily coexist.
I play pop, jazz, contemporary, folk and early music on any of my
instruments, lutes included, and I know many of my professional
colleagues who do the same in their concerts, CD recordings and
privately. It's even a kind of a current fashion, a gimmick or selling
point: cross-over programmes.
David
On Wed, 14 Mar 2018 at 22:34, Gilbert Isbin
<[1][email protected]> wrote:
Why is the lute world ruled by early music ?
Why are 90 or 95% of the lutenists afraid to play new music for
the
lute ?
Why did guitarists, recorder players, cellists, pianists , oud
players
etc. took the challenge to play today's music and the lute world
almost
- with a very few exeptions - doesn't ?
Why are luteplayers afraid to play something different ?
Why do lutenists think the lute must be played with a very
specific
approach ?
Why are lots of lutenists looking down at lutenists who are
trying to
do something else with the instrument, with other techniques, new
approaches?
What is the future for the lute music if it stays to be that
dogmatic ?
I guess Dowland and all the other wonderful lutes composers would
have
a good laugh with the today's lute world approach to the
instrument.
With kind regards,
Met vriendelijke groeten,
Bien cordialement,
Gilbert Isbin
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