At 3:36 PM -0400 6/02/03, David W. Fenton wrote:
But if we interperet Beethoven and Mendelssohn's metronome markings
as having an implied "circa" in front of them, is there really a
difference here?
Nope. That's what I was arguing, I just prefer not to create the
argument for my own pieces by st
At 3:02 PM +0200 6/02/03, Johannes Gebauer wrote:
Ok, I'll try. First of all I honestly don't think that one can make the
assumption that if modern composers don't stick to their own markings that
this has any relevance to composers in the first half of the 19th century.
Just from my own experien
On what do you base your assumption that he followed his own metronome
markings? Especially in light of the fact that most modern composers
who conduct don't follow their own metronome markings, I find it hard to
believe that he always followed his own markings.
But I am willing to be convince
Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
[snip]
But if you play a Basie band recording and say "Sound like that!" and
give them straight 8th-notes with no attempt to notate the swing, they
can do a much better job of immitating the sound.
And in the historical absence of a recording? What do you do, Jack?
Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
[snip]> an accent that I didn't know -- it didn't even have a comprehensible
meaning to my ears as I spoke the words! IPA (and supplementary systems of
pitch and accent) can provide a limited repertoire of symbols from which a
considerable amount of reconstruction can
It would be comparable to the following directions in a play:
Speak with an American southern accent.
Speak with a Boston accent.
As oppposed to trying to use letters to write out all the linguistic
freedoms those two regional dialects take. Writing out "Pahk the cah,
please." is far more restri
At 11:40 PM +1000 5/31/03, Michael Edwards wrote:
This thread is becoming so involved, and going in different directions,
that my thoughts are starting to fragment a little.
Yeah, mine, too!
Bob F, (if you're still listening!) who gets to buy you that drink?
Or are you waiting until the en
