Dear all, HIP aside, I wonder how many more lute students we'll all have because of Sting's efforts? After the Studio 60 episode, I felt that the music was well respected (for a TV series) and perhaps the lute will again, be equated as an instrument of "woo" to the opposite sex. Certainly the repertoire is available.
The bottom line here is that whatever we think of his performance or interpretation, he respected the music and the instrument. Is it so bad to have our repertoire in a public sphere when it hasn't been for a while? Would we rather have Slash do a CD of LeRoy psalms? Perhaps Dream Theater could re-interpret the consort repertoire? Anyone for Metallica frottolas? I think the album is just fine. Bravo Sting - and thanks for doubling the size of my studio. Best Gary Beckman Doctoral Candidate: Musicology University of Texas at Austin Lute and Sacred Music concentration To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
