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Bernard Sherman replies to me (indirectly):
>>Oh, I don't know. Any time I hear a condemnation of an entire approach,
>>genre, composer, period, and so forth, I tend to think that the denouncer
>>either hasn't heard nearly enough to judge or is simply crying about how
>>much he hates spinach and that spinach should no longer be grown.
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>I can certainly understand why Steven Schwartz objects to the statements
>ascribed to me. But let me confirm Dave Lampson by noting that I never
>actually said them. I did argue that period performance is no longer being
>held to *higher* standards than the mainstream, and that this represents an
>increased acceptance of HIP performance as something normal. But I never
>said a word about performers "ceasing to hold themselves to high
>standards."
I've actually gone back to read and reread what Bernard Sherman actually
wrote. I had been relying on what people told me he wrote - usually a very
bad idea. What he wrote, I wholeheartedly agree with. In fact, it's a
beautifully written and argued article, one of the best things I've seen in
the NY Times recently. I'm definitely ordering Sherman's book Inside Early
Music.
I urge list members to check out the URL
http://www.kdsi.net/~sherman/ninth.html
for the article in question and
http://www.kdsi.net/~sherman/rifkin.html
for a sample chapter of Inside Early Music.
I have absolutely no financial interest or personal connection with Bernard
Sherman.
Steve Schwartz, eating crow, not for the first time
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