--- Howard Posner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> you are simply > asking me to accept that the word Art means whatever > you wish it to > mean; but I do not accept it. point taken. i like stoppard's plays as well. i don't like being called a crank but being considered as eccentric, " ... not concentric to other circles" certainly applies. too bad ... it was shaping up to be such a bumper week: vihuela was mentioned in authoritative terms as having 4 and 5 courses ... repertoire was accepted as not being the deciding factor ... distinction between vihuela and guitar was acknowledged as variable ... accuracy of documentation open to question ... figure 8 shape a deciding factor ... patience - bill "and thus i made...a small vihuela from the shell of a creepy crawly..." - Don Gonzalo de Guerrero (1512), "Historias de la Conquista del Mayab" by Fra Joseph of San Buenaventura. go to: http://www.charango.cl/paginas/quieninvento.htm ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html