I realise his name has come up before, and quite some discussion it has brought!, but I'm now reading a collection of his essays (Text & Act, OUP 1995) on what makes the early music movement a modern movement, and how its authenticity ideals have everything to do with 20th century aestetics and philosophy, and not much with those of the period in which the music was written. Yesterday I saw at the cd shop Kazamarov's new lute cd with all sorts of everything (Bach to Beatles if I may summarize no doubt inaccurately), a cd of local viol hero Ralf Meulenbroeks with music by Edit Piaff et al. arranged for viol and string quartet. Then there's Early Christy's soon to be released cd with self-composed baroque music. There are among us lute players that play all-gut, 'hard-core hip', on original lutes even, as opposed to modern strings, technique and even lute designs. We live in interesting times where early music has gone many, divers directions with a place for all. Healthy at last! It gives Taruskin's essays a dated feel.
David - dank je wel, Paul, goede tip! -- ******************************* David van Ooijen davidvanooi...@gmail.com www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
