> On Sep 7, 2017, at 5:48 PM, Ron Andrico <praelu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I have noticed an increase in the profile of lute music > generally and Dowland's music in particular since Sting released his > recording. Of course, we run in different circles than most cloistered > lute fanciers, since we perform and not exclusively to early music > audiences. > > When Sting's CD was more current and visible (audible?), there was > quite a bit of chatter out in the music world about his Dowland > effort. We observed that his stalwart fans mostly thought the lute > diversion was tiresome, and early music nerds thought Sting was > tiresome. > > Personally, I thought Sting did the lute world a great service in > raising the profile of the instrument and the music, however briefly.
I’m not sure if you’re describing a continuing profile increase (in which I’m curious what specifically you’ve observed) or a brief “Sting Blip”. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
