Received: from PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po8.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA26811; Thu, 1 Oct 98 09:20:40 EDT Received: from xkey.com by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA17605; Thu, 1 Oct 98 09:20:41 EDT Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by xkey.com id GAA12232 for minstrel-outgoing; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 06:09:17 -0700 Received: (from smtp@localhost) by xkey.com id GAA12226 for ; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 06:09:15 -0700 Received: from mail.sjcsf.edu(204.69.190.9) by xkey.com via smtp (V1.3) id sma012224; Thu Oct 1 06:09:12 1998 Received: from localhost (lilyrose@localhost) by mail.sjcsf.edu (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id HAA15034 for ; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 07:13:21 -0600 Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 07:13:21 -0600 (MDT) From: Lily Rose Reply-To: Lily Rose To: minstrel@pbm.com Subject: re: minstrel: Bardic, Period, Etc. In-Reply-To: <61AC5C9A4B9CD11181A200805F57CD540877D462@RED-MSG-44> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-minstrel@rt.com Precedence: bulk There are a couple of amusing ironies here, for those of us who like such things. 1. I'm currently studying period music -- including composition -- and I'm reading Boethius and Guido of Arezzo. I'm also researching period music for a production of "Twelfth Night." (Any help gratefully accepted.) 2. I don't sing OR play an instrument -- I'm a storyteller who tells period stories in the vernacular. Now, I appear to have offended some people very thoroughly -- my bad, and I am truly sorry. I did NOT mean to suggest that authenticity or period-ness are evil or any such thing. I see a dearth of bards and bardic performance where I live, and I personally think that an excessive emphasis on competition and documentation is more than a little responsible -- but then, too much of ANY good thing is deadly. And I could be wrong about the reasons. I'll never be a research fanatic, and I'll never be a Laurel. I want to tell a good, period story, and I hope(d) that this list would be a good resource. The discussion of documentation seemed excessively technical for a general list, at least to me. OTOH, I also recognize that there does need to be a venue where people can discuss the nitty gritty of period and documentation. Perhaps I was mistaken, and this list is that place. Again, if so, my bad -- I've never been completely sure what the purpose of this list is, although I usually enjoy it. So, in short, my apologies for any offence. (dragging my soapbox back down to the basement) -- Lady Viviana Rowe lilyrose@mail.sjcsf.edu Barony of al-Barran, Kingdom of the Outlands Excelsior! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send email to majordomo@pbm.com containing the words "unsubscribe minstrel". If you are subscribed to the digest version, say "unsubscribe minstrel-digest". To contact a human about problems, send mail to owner-minstrel@pbm.com