Gerwig was a great musician and if you were influenced by his
sound, which was a beautiful gut sound,
then you are very fortunate because you are now an extension
of the lute tradition.
Damian
Yeah, cracks me up, too. And I decidedly say No. Early
recordings like
Gerwig, playing Bittner, et al shaped my notions and
prejudices
concerning French baroque lute music. Some modern recordings
still
suffer from that unfortunate state of mind.
I'm not religious on French style, and I'm still puzzled by
David
Taylor's remarks about two different kinds of inegale. Yet
even IMHO
there are some basic ideas which constitute French baroque
lute style.
Not taking them into account equals eating soup with a fork.
--
Mathias
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