Daniel Winheld wrote, rather virtuosically: > Howard, you of all people should know that ignorance of the law is no excuse! > But I did exaggerate. 6th course unison on a Baroque lute is only an > equipment violation. Officer Ed Martin of the LSAPD pulled me over a few > years and issued me a fix-it ticket. I have never gotten a speeding ticket > except on the Renaissance lute, where I've been known to put the pedal to the > medal occasionally. Don't even mention PUI violations! > > It's obvious that Jakob was deliberately skirting the letter of the law & > subverting the mores of polite society by having a glamorous & famous female > "Octave Incubater" in his employ, a dubious practice most often connected to > the decadent European elite. > > Or he is just an incredibly dedicated & resourceful musician. What do I know?
More than me. I don't even recall which music Jakob thought required a unison 6th course and which required the octaves. I think the program was all French, which would explain my ignorance/lack of memory. Maybe he used the unisons for Berlioz, Gounod and Debussy. But doesn't Boulez need octaves? -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
