At 03:48 PM 8/3/2005, Roman Turovsky wrote: >Are you joking? Eugene, this is like saying tuna was whitebait. >Are you not familiar with Mass in c-minor, Requiem, sonatas in a and c, >fantasias in d and c, 25th symphony, concerti ##20, 24 & 26???
Not joking at all. But you've removed my assertion from its context. There's a reason Mozart chose to not write his truly profound works for guitar. I was speculating that had he written specifically for guitar, he probably wouldn't have put any more effort at profundity into it than he did the pleasant trifles he concocted for mandolin. There simply wasn't any precedent for "heavy" guitar music at that point in time. ...And, not being a guitarist, I doubt Mozart could have exploited the instrument's technical quirks as well as de Fossa, Sor, or Giuliani. >Could you tell us of anyone who might be considered HEAVY apropos mandoline? Certainly not heavy, but there is plenty that was more thorough at exploiting the technical idiosyncrasies of of the various mandolin types than Mozart: Leone, Hoffman, Denis, Barbella... Best, Eugene To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
