Well, I suppose it must have been a different Ron Andrico who wrote 'since lutes are and were inaudible when dancers' feet scrape the floor, the music is adapted and performed in whatever manner the player wishes.'. and a different David Rastall who wrote 'I suggest that the player is perfectly free to choose whatever tempo he wishes.' (see earlier messages.......) Martyn __________________________________________________________________
From: David Rastall <d_lu...@comcast.net> To: Martyn Hodgson <hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: Lute List <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Thursday, 18 December 2014, 13:06 Subject: Re: [LUTE] those sarabands On Dec 18, 2014, at 5:25 AM, Martyn Hodgson <[1]hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > The point at issue was (see your earlier below) is that both Ron > Andrico and you said there was no relationship what(so)ever between the > tempo of a solo lute dance and the tempo at which it was actually > danced. Sorry, Martyn, but those were your words. -- References 1. mailto:hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html