| ok i am going to really open a can of worms. I agree with taruskin's assertion that period performance (of 17th-19th century works) isnt' really about "how Beethoven heard the works" or "what Bach had to put up with" it really tells us more about the post WWII aesthetics. The "period" performance is really the late 20th/21st century performance practice, and what we call "modern" is actually an older performance style. Read Text and Act for yourselves |