Walter Meyer wrote:
>Miaomiao Yu wrote:
>
>>I heard that the reason CM performers still wear tuxes and such formal
>>evening wear is from the tradition of musicians being seen as servants.
>
>Hmmm. And where are the female servants dressed like the female
>counterparts to the tux-clad male performers?
Well, in the 18th Century, there wouldn't have been any female musicians
(at least not of servant status-Jacquet de la Guerre notwithstanding).
Mike Cole