This, perhaps: Louis Armstrong - "There is two kinds of music, the good & the bad. I play the good kind." -- Personally, I'm a purist to the extent that I play only Ren music on the lute or sackbut. I play modern music (symphonic band and jazz) on a modern trombone. Works for me, but one of these days I might try jazz with the sackbut. Some pieces might work nicely with a lutenist that can read a jazz chart, and maybe a shawm or dulcian or cornetto...
Guy -----Original Message----- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Alain Veylit Sent: Friday, March 16, 2018 12:28 PM To: lute net Subject: [LUTE] Re: Some questions 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... To get on or off this list see list information at https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http:%2F%2Fwww.cs.dartmouth.edu%2F~wbc%2Flute-admin%2Findex.html&data=02%7C01%7C%7C22289f8573924e7b70a508d58b76371a%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636568262198475259&sdata=9hh71vqmFzKauAWGA6BtlQfUMgJ7FRN4YG0KiQie5B8%3D&reserved=0
