On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Franz Mechsner <franz.mechs...@northumbria.ac.uk> wrote:
> your answer hurts. I am sorry it did. It was not intended, I can assure you. I think a 'normal' theorbo is loud enough in any orchestra, just plucking basses, so for me the liuto (or theorbo) forte is not necessary. But if it is to someone else, let him/her be happy with it. > Liuto Forte seems to be THE bad and heretic word here Indeed. ;-) But obviously there's nothing wrong with playing nice music on any instrument, even on the unmentionable ones. ;-) > and to even utter it > seems to disguise one as an ignorant to be excluded from every respectful > discussion Not at all, just from the one dealing with whether a b-guitar is appropriate in Monteverdi's Vespers. But I'm sure there are some listers eager to start a discussion on the liuto forte (again). > if people are getting dogmatic I hope nobody is dogmatic here, although some stances in this discussion, as in many others, seem to be taken rather strongly. Consider it part of the rhetorics. 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
