Elle Hogan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I went from conservatory piano...think big fat juicy sonatas.  Serious.
>To solo cello...think Brahms and Elgar.  Serious.  To Ives songs
>piano/vocal.  Serious.  To fiddle.  Think Kentucky old time amazing cross
>tuned pieces with more heart and soul than any of the above.  O, anyone
>not recognizing the seriousness of the latter has no nervous system.

I'm a Brahms/Elgar lover, and, with respect, insist that there is as
much heart and soul in their best works as in any good music of whatever
genre.

But I would be displeased with anyone who thinks fiddle music has LESS
heart and soul.  For a great CM piece wallowing in the foot-stomping
irresistability of the jig genre (the Texas fiddle tune "Dusty Miller"),
you MUST hear Stephen Montague's "Snakebite," on ASV records.

Jeff Dunn
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Alameda, CA

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