empress of all flowers ... i fear david may be right in that the preconcieved notions people carry with them can sometimes make it .. the thing itself - seem unrecognizable.
can too much information be just as "dangerous" (in a "tree for the forest" situation) as too little? --- David Rastall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mar 30, 2007, at 3:57 PM, Roman Turovsky wrote: > > > Which empress??? > > You mean there's more than one? > > > Yesterday I taught 2 classes of 19-year olds at > NYU, invited by a > > poet-friend who teaches a History of Culture > course which touches > > on the > > "mystification as a literary vehicle". > > Interesting. When I was in graduate school it was > de-mystification. > Still, that was a long time ago... > > > So I was asked to do a presentation > > on Sautscheckerei, my humble self in the context > of literary > > mystification > > from Descartes, Chatterton, Macpherson, Merimee, > Musin-Pushkin and > > other > > fine individuals.... > > Dan Swenberg (of the Rebel Baroque Orchestra et > al.) helped out > > with a dozen > > and a half Sarmaticae et Ruthenicae on the > Renaissance lute. I > > played the > > sautscheckerei myself in the second half- baroque > lute settings of and > > variations on Ukrainian songs, with some originals > interspersed, nach > > Haydnisches Manier, naturlich, as a musical > equivalent of Merimee's > > GUZLA. > > The picaresque aspect of the event also was > certainly useful. > > Very impressive! > > > But before > > Sting came along we would drawn blank stares. > These kids were > > genuinely > > interested. > > Because you play "that thing that Sting plays." Ho! > Ho! Just > kidding. Seriously, we're all "mystified" by > Sting's success. > > David Rastall > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.rastallmusic.com > > > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > ___________________________________________________________ New Yahoo! Mail is the ultimate force in competitive emailing. Find out more at the Yahoo! Mail Championships. Plus: play games and win prizes. http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk
