I think David's question was whether there was some authority for this proposition other than yourself.
On Dec 17, 2009, at 1:05 PM, Monica Hall wrote: > I can't believe this - it is all nonsense. There is a difference > between sacred songs which may be dance like and intended to be > performed in a domestic setting and music to be performed in a > liturgical context. > > The problem with so many performers today is that they know little > about religion and care even less about it. This is the paradox > with the "Early Music Movement" .I guess that very few of you > actually believe what you are singing about or know anything about > the context in which the music was intended to be performed - or > what it stands for. > > Even in Spain and the New World where the guitar certainly was used > to accompany villancicos etc at Christmas and Corpus Christi it had > its own separate role. > > It is just so corny to add the baroque guitar to everything in this > way. You are like a lot of kids with a new toy - look at me doing > fancy strumming on my guitar. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
