Thank you for this.
You now write 'My thought is that I'm sure there must have been slight
variations' and, indeed, no one would disagree with this.
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
On Dec 18, 2014, at 5:25 AM, Martyn Hodgson 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
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
Neither Ron nor I were saying that there is “no relationship whatever between
dancing and playing. That is your personal distortion of our words, which you
correctly (for a change) quote here. My reasons for agreeing with Ron’s
observation are already stated. Bye now, have a nice day.
D
I think you were - the relevant quotes are taken exactly from the
emails you sent earlier (now deleted from your reply) and were not
edited by me in any way!
Ah well - but good that it's finally now agreed there ought to be some
relationship between a solo lute performance of a
I am very glad that you were all sarabound to get out of that sarabind.
It's been a very interesting educational discussion, addressing an
annoying little uncertainty that has never been so directly
comprehensively addressed to my satisfaction before.
Way back in the 1980's my wife and I
I would like to add that dance tempo changes still happen as music usage
composer's whims dictate. Astor Piazzolla scandalized the traditional
tango world with his Tango Nuevo (however he phrased it) There are now
some very dark, slow, rhythmically variable tangos out there now.
Some can
