> Da Vinci argued that painting was superior to sculpture on the grounds > that sculpture was messy and dirty and involved generally more muscle > effort than painting. I agree: by the same token Baroque Lute is superior to Renaissance one.
> I have always had a problem with the holy sanctity of human imagination > and the composer's all-important intention - these are myths that come > down to us from Rousseau and 19th century music publishers who could > claim that they are selling you the "real" thing. I do not have any problem with that, and BTW the idea certainly predates Rousseau, at least since Froberger. RT To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
