Cuyler,

I didn't know you played the violin?!  And apparently VERY well.

I need a teacher!  Preferably one who's not too sensitive about the
time between lessons and practices, or the lack of progress.  You might
be just the one I was looking for!  At least until we figure out that
the technology exists to do this in real time.

There is an exhibit I know, that has a beat up old violin with the
strings aged and dangling.  The card reads something to the effect of,
"This is a violin similar to the ones the pioneers brought with them to
..."  I always found it offensive because, 1.  This was supposed to be
a real honest to goodness professional museum, 2.  These were supposed
to be real honest to goodness serious profession exibit people and 3.
Its not that F'n Hard to find a real GD mid 19th century fiddle and
present it in the condition it would have been in when played!  But
then, I'm easily offended.

-jc

On Dec 3, 2004, at 1:18 PM, Cuyler Page wrote:

> I find it increasingly appropriate to think of museum exhibits and
> historic
> restorations as "performance art".   They exist temporarily due to
> artificial (art) subjective choices by individuals (professionals) who
> attempt to express what they believe (profess) about life's patterns
> through
> the work that is left for others to see, appreciate, and reflect on.
>
> cp in bc
> (( player of the dulcian, performing the "Sonata Prima" (1626) by
> Buonamente
> for two violins, dulcian and continuo; and Monteverdi's "Scherzi
> Musicale a
> Tre Voci" (1607) this weekend.   The temporal nature of music is such
> a good
> reminder of the temporal nature of anything we do.   It exists while
> you do
> it, and during a concert, you only get one chance at it (and have to
> live
> with the results). ))
>
> --
> To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the
> uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to:
> <http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>
>

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To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the
uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to:
<http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>