Dear lutenists, I do not want to set light to make a fight, but I would like to make an artistic, aesthetic poll. Everybody is right and everybody is wrong, as always in aesthetic questions.
So how would you set the aesthetic quality of the (parts) of Bourgeois Gentilhomme setup by Jean Marie Bigard, pointed us by Roman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crgelhKxz34&eurl Let the scale be: 1=horrible, 2=..., ..., 5=great. You can answer to the list or privately to me - I promise to keep the secret! In a week or so I'll publish the results. I already have one 5 (me) and one 1. To me those dances and the music (with the drumming) represents modern Frech style of making these things. But in very much in the same spirit Lully and Moliere made their play in their days. To me that really works! If you write some explanations in private, my possible quotes will also be anonymous. But then to the poll: Please vote! :-) All the best, Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
