Re: Correction: "Going for Baroque"

["Per Boysen" <perboysen@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 4:32 PM, Dennis Moser <sinsofmachaut@gmail.com> 
wrote:
> Funny "peculiar" or funny "ha-ha" (couldn't resist that one!).

A bit of both actually ;-)  But that's just me... I sniff a sound
tongue-in-cheek dimension.

> Yes, Renaissance and Baroque music were much more socially "functional" 
>than
> what we are used to today. In the case of Pantagruel and their choices of
> music, there is a LOT of intentional humor in it. Not all of it, but a 
>lot
> of it is chosen for the amusement factor.

Yes, and maybe that attitude is totally in line with historical
accuracy regarding what they are doing! I think they rock!

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
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