On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 8:02 PM, Sean Smith <lutesm...@mac.com> wrote:
> In the most recent LSA Quarterly there is a collection of pieces by Antonio > Rota found in manuscript sources. I had bought the Minkoff facsimile years > ago and had my favorites but this article (simply: as others further > disseminated his music) adds a complementary understanding of his importance > in contemporary circles. Ok, so I'm just one person getting a better grip on > what others would consider an 'also-ran' composer. But it's the larger > collection of many, many players such as this that make up the world of lute > playing in comparison to the cream of the crop we often demand. For my money > it's the global significance of many players that is defining to many > listeners both then and now. Hear, hear. Well spoken. John does his bit to enlighten us in our understanding of the lute world then, in stead of our understanding of the lute world now. David -- ******************************* David van Ooijen davidvanooi...@gmail.com www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
