Helen Duggan ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>... Can a performance of 18th century music ever be right if the
>audience is a 20th/21st century one?
You make a good point, although I'm not sure that "right" is an entirely
appropriate word.
But you are correct, it is impossible to hear 18th century music throught
18th century ears today. I saw this point persuasvely argued in an
interview by one of the founders of the movement: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
Deryk Barker
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