Jan Templiner wrote:
>... Without trying to understand the world the composer lived in during
>the time of the composition, one cannot fully understand the composition
>itself. Obviously, this will always remain an attempt, no one can feel
>exactly what any other person felt, but one can try to understand and
>approximate. But in the end, the greatness of music comes when the
>spirit of the composer and the performer unite. Either alone is shallow.
This sounds like an argument for HIP *or* the Wagnerian/Stokowski
approach...that's interesting.
Robert Stumpf <[log in to unmask]>