At 12:02 PM 9/26/2008, Arthur Ness wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "EUGENE BRAIG IV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Lute Net" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> >Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 11:49 PM >Subject: [LUTE] Re: Respighi > >You have quite deliberately quoted private correspondence way out of >context and misrepresented or completely misconstrued the statements I >made on this public forum. You're right, this discussion has descended >into the silly. I am done with it. <<SNIP>> >oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo >When you send me private correspondence, you should label it as such. > >Those many messages you sent to me, to Roman (and others?) and to the list >arrived in my mail box >under the label of the "[LUTE]" list. > >And perhaps you would be best >advised to stick to biology, >and not attempt to act as a surrogate for Matanya Ophee. He's not a >musicologist either. --AJN.
All but one of those correspondences were sent to the list at large. Which is which is easily revealed in use of the "reply" button. Fortunately for me, it's extremely rare that I would ever write a thing to anybody that I wouldn't be comfortable sharing with the world. The only that wasn't sent to the list was the one from which you selectively excerpted one hypothetical but didn't see fit to add my statement that "I am not saying the tale DID originate in either of those [hypothetical] possibilities; I am saying that without a scholarly process being publicly subject to peer review, there is no way for me to know. I haven't come to any conclusions at all about the existence of an original because there is not enough for me to personally evaluate in forming conclusion." I am not a surrogate for Matanya and no more universally share his opinions than I do yours. I thought I had made that clear, but you continually refer to Matanya's opinions and writings as though they were mine (which I believe do differ from his if you'd take the time to actually consider what I have written...not to mention the tone with which it was written) and continually disregard what I myself have written on this topic (please note that I'm the one who favors a more cordial air than either of you). You appear to consider all discussion of this topic through the filter of obsession with a war that is not mine and in which I have no interest. Unless you actually *are* citing me, please do not cite me in the future as you wage your wars. I do intend to stick to biology professionally (I'm better at arriving at friendly consensus with biologists of differing opinions), but I will continue to enjoy music as hobby and its discussion here as well. Frankly, discussions like this provide very strong disincentive for entry into the field of musicology. (Now, organology...) I am sorry to appear to have lost your acquaintance. Sincerely, Eugene To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
