You know, DT's comments regarding french style are all well
and good, but music is not a recipe
that you whip together with several stylistic ingredients.
The reason we play lutes that are historical
is because 'style' emerges from reading through the music.
One can quibble about appogiaturas and
notes inegales but that is not what makes music beautiful. It
is and alway will be, playing cleanly
and bringing out the musical line.
DD
"damian dlugolecki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb:
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
If merely sound is concerned, I do not hesitate to consent.
Mathias
> 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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