Trick question: When Paul O'Dette plays an arrangement of a ragtime on
lutes, it that early music or modern music?
I am reminded of a quote by a jazz player (whose name escapes me now):
there are only two kinds of music, the good one and the other one. Which
one should we play on which instrument?
Whatever gets in the way of having fun with the music gets in the way of
good music. Whether arthritis or prejudices (that could be defined as
arthritis of the mind). Should playing the lute prevent us from having
fun with the music?
It is illogical in this space-time continuum to insist that
improvisation is a necessary skill for early music and refuse to play
contemporary music, don't you think?
Given the fact that there was a large amount of bad music published in
the 16th and 17th century, should not we be allowed to play bad
contemporary music?
Just sticking to the label of this thread...
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