Let's not read too deep into Igor's comments. I think this was directed to me, at my audacity in suggesting that I may know better. While I am well capable of performing Forqueray, I think to record a version of my own online with the sole purpose to prove that I can interpret Forqueray "better" is a bit too much effort!
The current early music movement has created itself certain national styles, which I think many of us can detect. I think Igor statement is a very casual one. There are certain things that are make our musical decisions more historically accurate. While the interpretation of the information we have from the past can change, the facts cannot. The viol community of late 17th/early 18th century was dominated by a group viol/lute/theorbo/guitar players that we have enough information about to make pretty OK guesses when it comes to instrumentation. I'm sure that many will agree that an archlute is not the best instrument to use to accompany these works. >From the duo's decision, we can safely conclude that these historical issues didn't really matter to them. That's fine by me. But I think some of us would like to know the music would change if the choice of continuo instrument was different. David: While you might find the theorbo too muddy on the low notes of the viol, the aesthetic of the day points towards low, low, low! Two viols would be even more redundant. The solo viol part doubles the bass line more than half the time. I hope we are all free criticize on this list! Shaun On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 6:30 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 3/15/2008, "igor ." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i agree ! > > please do that, record your version and show to the italians you can do > > better and historically more accurate. > > I am kind of allergic only of two points in this longish essay: > > 1) "show to the italians you can do better": To me this sounds > nationalistic, there is a sound of "ethnic cleansing". > 2) "historically more accurate": Sounds to me as "authenticity" - as > used some decades ago, and rejected one decade later... > > I totally agree with David T's comments on the "mistakes" and better > alternatives, but I shudder when reading igor721's "early music > (nearly) facism(?)". > > All the best, > > Arto > -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
