Re: Why do you like Mozart's music?


>When was the last time you heard anyone in the HIP world describe what they're doing as 'authentic'?

"Authentic" has many synonyms. In this context, "original" and
"period" (as in "original instruments" and "period instruments") can
be. The fact is, a great many ingenuous people believe they're getting
"the real thing" if a record cover boasts of the period instruments
used in a recorded performance and, even worse, that they aren't
otherwise. The arguments Matty claims nobody ever makes on behalf of
HIP performances are in fact accepted as fact by a great chunk of the
market. It's like the Bush administration's arguments for the invasion
of Iraq. The reasons given were fabrications, and even the Bush
administration is backing away from them to some extent, but many a Fox
news viewer still believes the reasons. Or, even if he or she no
longer buys the fabrications, still believes that the case made with
lies was made on behalf of unassailable truth.

-david gable

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