> 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? Absolutely, for artists in particular. RT
> > --- 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 > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Need personalized email and website? Look no further. It's easy with Doteasy $0 Web Hosting! Learn more at www.doteasy.com
