[VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit

2014-06-27 Thread Monica Hall
To be honest - even if these articles are read by outside readers there is 
no guarantee that they are gold standard.


I do get asked to peer review things.  What happens is that you write your 
comments and recommendations but the editor decides whether the article is 
acceptable as it is or whether the writer should be asked to make any 
changes.


I have also had things I have written  myself peer reviewed and rejected by 
people who didn't know what they were talking about!  (and subsequently 
published by someone else)!


At the end of the day - anyone can get a group of likeminded peole together 
for a conferance and call it what they like.   And with the internet anyone 
can publish whatever they like however bizarre it may be.


It is really a matter of caveat emptor.   You need to evaluate everything 
that you read and check all the information for yourself.   It goes without 
saying that you should never copy anyone  elses work without checking 
sources and ensuring that it is  accurate.


The problem today is that most people don't - a lot of what passes for 
original research today is just a rehash of other peoples work - often 
written so long ago as to be completely obsolete.


As Pontius Pilate said What is truth?.

Monica


- Original Message - 
From: Lex Eisenhardt eisenha...@planet.nl

To: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 2:01 PM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit




As I understand it, the (9!) guitar related articles in Early Music 41/4 
and

42/1 were all reviewed by outside readers.

-Oorspronkelijk bericht-
Van: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] Namens
Martyn Hodgson
Verzonden: woensdag 25 juni 2014 10:59
Aan: Monica Hall; Braig, Eugene
CC: Vihuelalist
Onderwerp: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit


  Well yes... though if papers are presented, but not disseminated by
  the 'Summit' and/or are not peer reviewed is there not the problem
  (alas too common) of mere speculation being transformed into generally
  accepted fact?
  Martyn
__

  From: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk
  To: Braig, Eugene brai...@osu.edu
  Cc: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
  Sent: Wednesday, 25 June 2014, 7:08
  Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit
  That sums it up very nicely.  Both the list and the Lake Konstanz
  meeting
  were opportunities for guitar enthusiasts to get together to discuss
  their
  interests.  No need for any peer reviewing or the like.
  Monica
  - Original Message -
  From: Braig, Eugene [1]brai...@osu.edu
  To: Vihuela Dmth [2]vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
  Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 10:01 PM
  Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit
   The word  s u b s c r i b e r  ended up robot flagging my last note
  for
   redirection.  Here it is again with the offending word deleted.
  
   E
  
  
   -Original Message-
   From: Braig, Eugene
   Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 4:59 PM
   To: Vihuela Dmth
   Subject: RE: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit
  
   I think more people are reading more into this thing than they
  should.
   While many contributors coincide, the Lake Konstanz Guitar Research
   Meeting operated independently of the Topica Guitar Summit.  You can
  see a
   concise summary of what the Lake Konstanz/Constance meeting is at the
   bottom this GFA page: [3]http://www.guitarfoundation.org/?ArchForums
  . . . as
   well as the organizers' own Facebook group:
   [4]https://www.facebook.com/groups/131072740286508/. I've never
  managed to
   attend the Lake Konstanz meeting in person.
  
   The Guitar Summit was a discussion forum (not unlike the present
  suite
   of Dartmouth lute lists) that was hosted by Topica beginning in 2007.
   However, it went through earlier incarnations hosted by a couple
  different
   online services (most notably as the Classical Guitar History List)
  that
   slightly predate the first Lake Konstanz meeting.  I have been a
  spotty
   contributor to each iteration of the discussion fora/listservs since
  2005.
   When I was active there, there was a great deal of discussion
  centered on
   transitional periods at either end of the 19th c.  Yes, Matanya Ophee
   served as an organizing hub for these listservs; his contributions to
  and
   prominent voice in this particular arena are hard to deny, whatever
  your
   opinion of them are.  Still, at its core, the summit was really
  only a
   listserv of guitar geeks (like me), scholars, and professional
  performers
   who liked to ask interesting questions of a collective body of
  knowledge
   (I tended to do more asking than ans!
   wering).
  
   Best,
   Eugene
  
  
   -Original Message-
   From: [5]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu
  [mailto:[6]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On
   Behalf Of jelmaa
   Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 12:43 PM
   To: Martyn Hodgson
   Cc: Vihuela Dmth
   Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit
  
   Hi Martin 

[VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit

2014-06-27 Thread Lex Eisenhardt
Good point for mr. Pilatus!

Nevertheless, the recent articles in EM generally seem well researched and
they are worthwhile reading. 
I haven't read the book on Boccherini's manuscripts yet, but Cambridge
Scholars Publishing and the book editor (Rudof Rasch) have a very good
scholarly reputation.  

Lex



-Oorspronkelijk bericht-
Van: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] Namens
Monica Hall
Verzonden: vrijdag 27 juni 2014 9:42
Aan: Lex Eisenhardt
CC: Vihuelalist
Onderwerp: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit

To be honest - even if these articles are read by outside readers there is
no guarantee that they are gold standard.

I do get asked to peer review things.  What happens is that you write your
comments and recommendations but the editor decides whether the article is
acceptable as it is or whether the writer should be asked to make any
changes.

I have also had things I have written  myself peer reviewed and rejected by
people who didn't know what they were talking about!  (and subsequently
published by someone else)!

At the end of the day - anyone can get a group of likeminded peole together 
for a conferance and call it what they like.   And with the internet anyone 
can publish whatever they like however bizarre it may be.

It is really a matter of caveat emptor.   You need to evaluate everything 
that you read and check all the information for yourself.   It goes without 
saying that you should never copy anyone  elses work without checking
sources and ensuring that it is  accurate.

The problem today is that most people don't - a lot of what passes for
original research today is just a rehash of other peoples work - often
written so long ago as to be completely obsolete.

As Pontius Pilate said What is truth?.

Monica


- Original Message -
From: Lex Eisenhardt eisenha...@planet.nl
To: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 2:01 PM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit



 As I understand it, the (9!) guitar related articles in Early Music 41/4 
 and
 42/1 were all reviewed by outside readers.

 -Oorspronkelijk bericht-
 Van: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] Namens
 Martyn Hodgson
 Verzonden: woensdag 25 juni 2014 10:59
 Aan: Monica Hall; Braig, Eugene
 CC: Vihuelalist
 Onderwerp: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit


   Well yes... though if papers are presented, but not disseminated by
   the 'Summit' and/or are not peer reviewed is there not the problem
   (alas too common) of mere speculation being transformed into generally
   accepted fact?
   Martyn
 __

   From: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk
   To: Braig, Eugene brai...@osu.edu
   Cc: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
   Sent: Wednesday, 25 June 2014, 7:08
   Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit
   That sums it up very nicely.  Both the list and the Lake Konstanz
   meeting
   were opportunities for guitar enthusiasts to get together to discuss
   their
   interests.  No need for any peer reviewing or the like.
   Monica
   - Original Message -
   From: Braig, Eugene [1]brai...@osu.edu
   To: Vihuela Dmth [2]vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
   Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 10:01 PM
   Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit
The word  s u b s c r i b e r  ended up robot flagging my last note
   for
redirection.  Here it is again with the offending word deleted.
   
E
   
   
-Original Message-
From: Braig, Eugene
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 4:59 PM
To: Vihuela Dmth
Subject: RE: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit
   
I think more people are reading more into this thing than they
   should.
While many contributors coincide, the Lake Konstanz Guitar Research
Meeting operated independently of the Topica Guitar Summit.  You can
   see a
concise summary of what the Lake Konstanz/Constance meeting is at the
bottom this GFA page: [3]http://www.guitarfoundation.org/?ArchForums
   . . . as
well as the organizers' own Facebook group:
[4]https://www.facebook.com/groups/131072740286508/. I've never
   managed to
attend the Lake Konstanz meeting in person.
   
The Guitar Summit was a discussion forum (not unlike the present
   suite
of Dartmouth lute lists) that was hosted by Topica beginning in 2007.
However, it went through earlier incarnations hosted by a couple
   different
online services (most notably as the Classical Guitar History List)
   that
slightly predate the first Lake Konstanz meeting.  I have been a
   spotty
contributor to each iteration of the discussion fora/listservs since
   2005.
When I was active there, there was a great deal of discussion
   centered on
transitional periods at either end of the 19th c.  Yes, Matanya Ophee
served as an organizing hub for these listservs; his contributions to
   and
prominent voice in this particular arena are hard to deny, 

[VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit

2014-06-27 Thread Braig, Eugene
An academic on the day job, I recognize flaws inherent in the peer-review 
process, that randomly sampling the wrong set from a population of potential 
reviewers can have substantial subjective impacts on whether or not a thing 
comes to be published.  However, I do operate on both sides of the process 
(more often as reviewer) and also recognize that it tends to make contributions 
to any academic field generally stronger and more defensible.  I suspect 
dealing with fish, ecology, and statistical procedures better lends itself to a 
purer objectivity than dealing with historic performance practices that have to 
depend upon a certain amount of speculation and conjecture.

Eugene



-Original Message-
From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of 
Monica Hall
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 3:42 AM
To: Lex Eisenhardt
Cc: Vihuelalist
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit

To be honest - even if these articles are read by outside readers there is no 
guarantee that they are gold standard.

I do get asked to peer review things.  What happens is that you write your 
comments and recommendations but the editor decides whether the article is 
acceptable as it is or whether the writer should be asked to make any changes.

I have also had things I have written  myself peer reviewed and rejected by 
people who didn't know what they were talking about!  (and subsequently 
published by someone else)!

At the end of the day - anyone can get a group of likeminded peole together 
for a conferance and call it what they like.   And with the internet anyone 
can publish whatever they like however bizarre it may be.

It is really a matter of caveat emptor.   You need to evaluate everything 
that you read and check all the information for yourself.   It goes without 
saying that you should never copy anyone  elses work without checking sources 
and ensuring that it is  accurate.

The problem today is that most people don't - a lot of what passes for original 
research today is just a rehash of other peoples work - often written so long 
ago as to be completely obsolete.

As Pontius Pilate said What is truth?.

Monica


- Original Message -
From: Lex Eisenhardt eisenha...@planet.nl
To: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 2:01 PM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit



 As I understand it, the (9!) guitar related articles in Early Music 41/4 
 and
 42/1 were all reviewed by outside readers.

 -Oorspronkelijk bericht-
 Van: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] Namens
 Martyn Hodgson
 Verzonden: woensdag 25 juni 2014 10:59
 Aan: Monica Hall; Braig, Eugene
 CC: Vihuelalist
 Onderwerp: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit


   Well yes... though if papers are presented, but not disseminated by
   the 'Summit' and/or are not peer reviewed is there not the problem
   (alas too common) of mere speculation being transformed into generally
   accepted fact?
   Martyn
 __

   From: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk
   To: Braig, Eugene brai...@osu.edu
   Cc: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
   Sent: Wednesday, 25 June 2014, 7:08
   Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit
   That sums it up very nicely.  Both the list and the Lake Konstanz
   meeting
   were opportunities for guitar enthusiasts to get together to discuss
   their
   interests.  No need for any peer reviewing or the like.
   Monica
   - Original Message -
   From: Braig, Eugene [1]brai...@osu.edu
   To: Vihuela Dmth [2]vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
   Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 10:01 PM
   Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit
The word  s u b s c r i b e r  ended up robot flagging my last note
   for
redirection.  Here it is again with the offending word deleted.
   
E
   
   
-Original Message-
From: Braig, Eugene
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 4:59 PM
To: Vihuela Dmth
Subject: RE: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit
   
I think more people are reading more into this thing than they
   should.
While many contributors coincide, the Lake Konstanz Guitar Research
Meeting operated independently of the Topica Guitar Summit.  You can
   see a
concise summary of what the Lake Konstanz/Constance meeting is at the
bottom this GFA page: [3]http://www.guitarfoundation.org/?ArchForums
   . . . as
well as the organizers' own Facebook group:
[4]https://www.facebook.com/groups/131072740286508/. I've never
   managed to
attend the Lake Konstanz meeting in person.
   
The Guitar Summit was a discussion forum (not unlike the present
   suite
of Dartmouth lute lists) that was hosted by Topica beginning in 2007.
However, it went through earlier incarnations hosted by a couple
   different
online services (most notably as the Classical Guitar History List)
   that
slightly predate the first Lake Konstanz meeting.  I have been a
   

[VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit

2014-06-27 Thread Monica Hall
How right you are.   The problem with historic performance practices is that 
most of what is written about them is nothing more than  speculation and 
conjecture.
Unfortunately people are not willing to admit this and will fight to the 
death over things which will be forever unknown.


Monica

- Original Message - 
From: Braig, Eugene brai...@osu.edu

To: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 3:31 PM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit



An academic on the day job, I recognize flaws inherent in the peer-review
process, that randomly sampling the wrong set from a population of
potential reviewers can have substantial subjective impacts on whether or
not a thing comes to be published.  However, I do operate on both sides of
the process (more often as reviewer) and also recognize that it tends to
make contributions to any academic field generally stronger and more
defensible.  I suspect dealing with fish, ecology, and statistical
procedures better lends itself to a purer objectivity than dealing with
historic performance practices that have to depend upon a certain amount
of speculation and conjecture.

Eugene



-Original Message-
From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On
Behalf Of Monica Hall
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 3:42 AM
To: Lex Eisenhardt
Cc: Vihuelalist
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit

To be honest - even if these articles are read by outside readers there is
no guarantee that they are gold standard.

I do get asked to peer review things.  What happens is that you write your
comments and recommendations but the editor decides whether the article is
acceptable as it is or whether the writer should be asked to make any
changes.

I have also had things I have written  myself peer reviewed and rejected
by people who didn't know what they were talking about!  (and subsequently
published by someone else)!

At the end of the day - anyone can get a group of likeminded peole
together
for a conferance and call it what they like.   And with the internet
anyone
can publish whatever they like however bizarre it may be.

It is really a matter of caveat emptor.   You need to evaluate
everything
that you read and check all the information for yourself.   It goes
without
saying that you should never copy anyone  elses work without checking
sources and ensuring that it is  accurate.

The problem today is that most people don't - a lot of what passes for
original research today is just a rehash of other peoples work - often
written so long ago as to be completely obsolete.

As Pontius Pilate said What is truth?.

Monica


- Original Message -
From: Lex Eisenhardt eisenha...@planet.nl
To: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 2:01 PM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit




As I understand it, the (9!) guitar related articles in Early Music 41/4
and
42/1 were all reviewed by outside readers.

-Oorspronkelijk bericht-
Van: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] Namens
Martyn Hodgson
Verzonden: woensdag 25 juni 2014 10:59
Aan: Monica Hall; Braig, Eugene
CC: Vihuelalist
Onderwerp: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit


  Well yes... though if papers are presented, but not disseminated by
  the 'Summit' and/or are not peer reviewed is there not the problem
  (alas too common) of mere speculation being transformed into generally
  accepted fact?
  Martyn
__

  From: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk
  To: Braig, Eugene brai...@osu.edu
  Cc: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
  Sent: Wednesday, 25 June 2014, 7:08
  Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit
  That sums it up very nicely.  Both the list and the Lake Konstanz
  meeting
  were opportunities for guitar enthusiasts to get together to discuss
  their
  interests.  No need for any peer reviewing or the like.
  Monica
  - Original Message -
  From: Braig, Eugene [1]brai...@osu.edu
  To: Vihuela Dmth [2]vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
  Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 10:01 PM
  Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit
   The word  s u b s c r i b e r  ended up robot flagging my last note
  for
   redirection.  Here it is again with the offending word deleted.
  
   E
  
  
   -Original Message-
   From: Braig, Eugene
   Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 4:59 PM
   To: Vihuela Dmth
   Subject: RE: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit
  
   I think more people are reading more into this thing than they
  should.
   While many contributors coincide, the Lake Konstanz Guitar Research
   Meeting operated independently of the Topica Guitar Summit.  You can
  see a
   concise summary of what the Lake Konstanz/Constance meeting is at the
   bottom this GFA page: [3]http://www.guitarfoundation.org/?ArchForums
  . . . as
   well as the organizers' own Facebook group:
   [4]https://www.facebook.com/groups/131072740286508/. I've never
  managed to
   attend the Lake Konstanz meeting 

[VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit

2014-06-27 Thread Braig, Eugene
Indeed.

Eugene


-Original Message-
From: Monica Hall [mailto:mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk] 
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 10:38 AM
To: Braig, Eugene
Cc: Vihuelalist
Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit

How right you are.   The problem with historic performance practices is that 
most of what is written about them is nothing more than  speculation and 
conjecture.
Unfortunately people are not willing to admit this and will fight to the death 
over things which will be forever unknown.

Monica

- Original Message -
From: Braig, Eugene brai...@osu.edu
To: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 3:31 PM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit


 An academic on the day job, I recognize flaws inherent in the peer-review
 process, that randomly sampling the wrong set from a population of
 potential reviewers can have substantial subjective impacts on whether or
 not a thing comes to be published.  However, I do operate on both sides of
 the process (more often as reviewer) and also recognize that it tends to
 make contributions to any academic field generally stronger and more
 defensible.  I suspect dealing with fish, ecology, and statistical
 procedures better lends itself to a purer objectivity than dealing with
 historic performance practices that have to depend upon a certain amount
 of speculation and conjecture.

 Eugene



 -Original Message-
 From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On
 Behalf Of Monica Hall
 Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 3:42 AM
 To: Lex Eisenhardt
 Cc: Vihuelalist
 Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit

 To be honest - even if these articles are read by outside readers there is
 no guarantee that they are gold standard.

 I do get asked to peer review things.  What happens is that you write your
 comments and recommendations but the editor decides whether the article is
 acceptable as it is or whether the writer should be asked to make any
 changes.

 I have also had things I have written  myself peer reviewed and rejected
 by people who didn't know what they were talking about!  (and subsequently
 published by someone else)!

 At the end of the day - anyone can get a group of likeminded peole
 together
 for a conferance and call it what they like.   And with the internet
 anyone
 can publish whatever they like however bizarre it may be.

 It is really a matter of caveat emptor.   You need to evaluate
 everything
 that you read and check all the information for yourself.   It goes
 without
 saying that you should never copy anyone  elses work without checking
 sources and ensuring that it is  accurate.

 The problem today is that most people don't - a lot of what passes for
 original research today is just a rehash of other peoples work - often
 written so long ago as to be completely obsolete.

 As Pontius Pilate said What is truth?.

 Monica


 - Original Message -
 From: Lex Eisenhardt eisenha...@planet.nl
 To: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
 Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 2:01 PM
 Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit



 As I understand it, the (9!) guitar related articles in Early Music 41/4
 and
 42/1 were all reviewed by outside readers.

 -Oorspronkelijk bericht-
 Van: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] Namens
 Martyn Hodgson
 Verzonden: woensdag 25 juni 2014 10:59
 Aan: Monica Hall; Braig, Eugene
 CC: Vihuelalist
 Onderwerp: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit


   Well yes... though if papers are presented, but not disseminated by
   the 'Summit' and/or are not peer reviewed is there not the problem
   (alas too common) of mere speculation being transformed into generally
   accepted fact?
   Martyn
 __

   From: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk
   To: Braig, Eugene brai...@osu.edu
   Cc: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
   Sent: Wednesday, 25 June 2014, 7:08
   Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit
   That sums it up very nicely.  Both the list and the Lake Konstanz
   meeting
   were opportunities for guitar enthusiasts to get together to discuss
   their
   interests.  No need for any peer reviewing or the like.
   Monica
   - Original Message -
   From: Braig, Eugene [1]brai...@osu.edu
   To: Vihuela Dmth [2]vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
   Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 10:01 PM
   Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit
The word  s u b s c r i b e r  ended up robot flagging my last note
   for
redirection.  Here it is again with the offending word deleted.
   
E
   
   
-Original Message-
From: Braig, Eugene
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 4:59 PM
To: Vihuela Dmth
Subject: RE: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit
   
I think more people are reading more into this thing than they
   should.
While many contributors coincide, the Lake Konstanz Guitar Research
Meeting operated independently of the Topica Guitar Summit.  You can
   see a
concise summary 

[VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit

2014-06-27 Thread WALSH STUART

On 27/06/2014 15:38, Monica Hall wrote:
How right you are.   The problem with historic performance practices 
is that most of what is written about them is nothing more than  
speculation and conjecture.
Unfortunately people are not willing to admit this and will fight to 
the death over things which will be forever unknown.


I suspect you would fight to the death, Monica, to defend the utter and 
complete unknowability of certain Baroque guitar practices!




Stuart


Monica

- Original Message - From: Braig, Eugene brai...@osu.edu
To: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 3:31 PM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit


An academic on the day job, I recognize flaws inherent in the 
peer-review

process, that randomly sampling the wrong set from a population of
potential reviewers can have substantial subjective impacts on 
whether or
not a thing comes to be published.  However, I do operate on both 
sides of

the process (more often as reviewer) and also recognize that it tends to
make contributions to any academic field generally stronger and more
defensible.  I suspect dealing with fish, ecology, and statistical
procedures better lends itself to a purer objectivity than dealing with
historic performance practices that have to depend upon a certain amount
of speculation and conjecture.

Eugene



-Original Message-
From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On
Behalf Of Monica Hall
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 3:42 AM
To: Lex Eisenhardt
Cc: Vihuelalist
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit

To be honest - even if these articles are read by outside readers 
there is

no guarantee that they are gold standard.

I do get asked to peer review things.  What happens is that you write 
your
comments and recommendations but the editor decides whether the 
article is

acceptable as it is or whether the writer should be asked to make any
changes.

I have also had things I have written  myself peer reviewed and rejected
by people who didn't know what they were talking about!  (and 
subsequently

published by someone else)!

At the end of the day - anyone can get a group of likeminded peole
together
for a conferance and call it what they like.   And with the internet
anyone
can publish whatever they like however bizarre it may be.

It is really a matter of caveat emptor.   You need to evaluate
everything
that you read and check all the information for yourself.   It goes
without
saying that you should never copy anyone  elses work without checking
sources and ensuring that it is  accurate.

The problem today is that most people don't - a lot of what passes for
original research today is just a rehash of other peoples work - often
written so long ago as to be completely obsolete.

As Pontius Pilate said What is truth?.

Monica


- Original Message -
From: Lex Eisenhardt eisenha...@planet.nl
To: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 2:01 PM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit




As I understand it, the (9!) guitar related articles in Early Music 
41/4

and
42/1 were all reviewed by outside readers.

-Oorspronkelijk bericht-
Van: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] 
Namens

Martyn Hodgson
Verzonden: woensdag 25 juni 2014 10:59
Aan: Monica Hall; Braig, Eugene
CC: Vihuelalist
Onderwerp: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit


  Well yes... though if papers are presented, but not 
disseminated by

  the 'Summit' and/or are not peer reviewed is there not the problem
  (alas too common) of mere speculation being transformed into 
generally

  accepted fact?
  Martyn
__

  From: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk
  To: Braig, Eugene brai...@osu.edu
  Cc: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
  Sent: Wednesday, 25 June 2014, 7:08
  Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit
  That sums it up very nicely.  Both the list and the Lake Konstanz
  meeting
  were opportunities for guitar enthusiasts to get together to discuss
  their
  interests.  No need for any peer reviewing or the like.
  Monica
  - Original Message -
  From: Braig, Eugene [1]brai...@osu.edu
  To: Vihuela Dmth [2]vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
  Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 10:01 PM
  Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit
   The word  s u b s c r i b e r  ended up robot flagging my last 
note

  for
   redirection.  Here it is again with the offending word deleted.
  
   E
  
  
   -Original Message-
   From: Braig, Eugene
   Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 4:59 PM
   To: Vihuela Dmth
   Subject: RE: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit
  
   I think more people are reading more into this thing than they
  should.
   While many contributors coincide, the Lake Konstanz Guitar Research
   Meeting operated independently of the Topica Guitar Summit.  You 
can

  see a
   concise summary of what the Lake Konstanz/Constance meeting is 
at the
   bottom this GFA page: 

[VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit

2014-06-27 Thread AJN
   Eugene's  information is misleading.  _*Understanding Boccherini's
   Manuscripts*_ edited by prolific Dutch Musicologist (U of Utrecht,
   emeritus) Rudof Rasch contains only
a single article on guitar, namely one about Boccherini's still
   problematic guitar quintets.  The author writes ... some are not
   enthusiastic about [my] article whose punch line is that there is no
   documented evidence . . . (Guitar Summit, 2013).

   This collection of essays probably drew inspiration from the Boccherini
   Conferences in Lucca, and the much ballyhooed forthcoming
   Boccherini critical collected edition. Editor Rasch, a recognized
   Boccherini authority, remarks that in his chapter overview  ... the
   guitar quintets . . . will be mainly passed by.  (page 2). Certainly
   the book is not from the Guitar Summit group from Konstanz.  The
   owners of the conference are Gerhard Penn (Austrian) and Andreas
   Stevens (Swiss). Stevens has an on-line life and works study of
   Heinrich Albert (1870-1950)g

   AJN
   ---
   


   n 06/27/14, Martyn Hodgsonhodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:

   Thank you for this Eugene. I wonder if he did really present a paper
   of the entire book (258 pages) - who knows?
   regards,
   Martyn
   __
   From: Braig, Eugene [1]brai...@osu.edu
   To: Vihuelalist [2]vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
   Sent: Thursday, 26 June 2014, 19:35
   Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit
   There is at least this that was presented at the last Lake Konstanz
   meeting:
   [1][3]http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Boccherinis-Manuscripts-Rudol
   f-R
   asch/dp/1443856630
   Best,
   Eugene
   -Original Message-
   From: [2][4]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu
   [mailto:[3][5]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Monica Hall
   Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 2:30 PM
   To: Martyn Hodgson
   Cc: Vihuelalist
   Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit
   I did actually ask if abstracts of the papers could be made available
   purely
   as a matter of ineterest - but got no response. Perhaps the organizers
   haven't got time - but really contributors should be asked to provide
   these
   preferably in advance as a matter of course There did seem to me to be
   an
   aura cronyism about the affair. .
   Monica
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[VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit

2014-06-27 Thread AJN
Dear Eugene,

   Sorry.  I did not intend to suggest you intended to mislead this
   newsgroup by suggesting that Rasch's anthology was a collection of
   essays (plural) from the Guitar Summit.  At least one other reader and
   I at first believed that from your message.  The Boccherini article on
   the guitar quintets in Rasch's anthology was apparently presented at
   the 2013 (not 2014) Guitar Summit.   Otherwise there were no other
   Guitar Summit papers in the anthology. I saw a list of papers for the
   2014 conference, but it has since been removed from the web site.

   As I noted at that time, the owners Penn and Stevens act as referees
   in selecting papers for the research conference.  Since Penn and
   Stevens apparently are not interested in publishing the papers (or even
   abstracts) in some form (not even online), one cannot judge the Guitar
   Summit and the quality of their research.  I lived for six months in
   a town on the Bodensee, and often visited Konstanz.  Like you,  I doubt
   nostalgia would be enough to draw me back for the Guitar
   Summit. (Better tourist goals are Meersburg, or the Zeppelins at
   Ludwigshafen!!  Or for a real summit, Hohentwiel bei Singen-- three
   times I rode my bicycle 20 miles and climbed up there, I was so
   fascinated with the views. One could see for 50 miles--but no
   Boccherini guitar quintet was in view.)

   Heinrich Albert (1870-1950)?

   AJN



   On 06/27/14, Braig, Eugenebrai...@osu.edu wrote:

   Yes, I do not intend to mislead. I have been told the guitar article
   was presented by an attendee at the last Lake Konstanz meeting as
   posted to the Facebook group. As clearly stated, I have never attended
   in person and am not likely to do so any year soon.
   Best,
   Eugene
   -Original Message-
   From: [1]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu
   [[2]mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of AJN
   Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 6:13 PM
   To: [3]hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk; Braig, Eugene;
   [4]vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
   Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit
   Eugene's information is misleading. _*Understanding Boccherini's
   Manuscripts*_ edited by prolific Dutch Musicologist (U of Utrecht,
   emeritus) Rudof Rasch contains only
   a single article on guitar, namely one about Boccherini's still
   problematic guitar quintets. The author writes ... some are not
   enthusiastic about [my] article whose punch line is that there is no
   documented evidence . . . (Guitar Summit, 2013).
   This collection of essays probably drew inspiration from the Boccherini
   Conferences in Lucca, and the much ballyhooed forthcoming
   Boccherini critical collected edition. Editor Rasch, a recognized
   Boccherini authority, remarks that in his chapter overview ... the
   guitar quintets . . . will be mainly passed by. (page 2). Certainly
   the book is not from the Guitar Summit group from Konstanz. The
   owners of the conference are Gerhard Penn (Austrian) and Andreas
   Stevens (Swiss). Stevens has an on-line life and works study of
   Heinrich Albert (1870-1950)g
   AJN
   ---
   
   n 06/27/14, Martyn Hodgson[5]hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
   Thank you for this Eugene. I wonder if he did really present a paper
   of the entire book (258 pages) - who knows?
   regards,
   Martyn
   __
   From: Braig, Eugene [1][6]brai...@osu.edu
   To: Vihuelalist [2][7]vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
   Sent: Thursday, 26 June 2014, 19:35
   Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit
   There is at least this that was presented at the last Lake Konstanz
   meeting:
   [1][3][8]http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Boccherinis-Manuscripts-Ru
   dol
   f-R
   asch/dp/1443856630
   Best,
   Eugene
   -Original Message-
   From: [2][4][9]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu
   [mailto:[3][5][10]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Monica Hall
   Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 2:30 PM
   To: Martyn Hodgson
   Cc: Vihuelalist
   Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit
   I did actually ask if abstracts of the papers could be made available
   purely
   as a matter of ineterest - but got no response. Perhaps the organizers
   haven't got time - but really contributors should be asked to provide
   these
   preferably in advance as a matter of course There did seem to me to be
   an
   aura cronyism about the affair. .
   Monica
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