No - they are meant to express surprise that anyone should think it was
necessary.
Getting on with the job doesn't wholly justify something which is wholly
inappropriate - which is why I asked the question.
Monica
----- Original Message -----
From: "David van Ooijen" <davidvanooi...@gmail.com>
To: "Lutelist" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 3:47 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: another day at the office
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Monica Hall <mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk>
wrote:
May I ask what evidence there is that Monteverdi intended a baroque
guitar
to be included in the continuo group in the Vespers?!!
I have no idea, but your abundant use of exclamations marks after the
question mark tells me you have a strong opinion about this matter and
are about to tell us.
David - gets paid to do these things - yes, including occasionally
b-guitar in Bach's Matthew Passion - and in these matters tends to
refer to the last line in Gone with the Wind and get on with the job
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