On 13/06/2012, Steven Smolian wrote:

> Analogs (!) to this is the group of problems regarding the adhesives
> in applied art. Not to mention culinary works for which there was
> never a recipe beyond the "feel" of the chef (my grandmother's bread,
> for instance).
> 
Sometimes these wordless cooks have been questioned and the recipes
written down. For example, Robert Viel collected the recipe for an
omelette from Madame Poulard, - 

"I break some good eggs into a bowl, I beat them well, 
I put in a good piece of butter in the pan. I throw the 
eggs into it and I stir it constantly. I am happy, monsieur, 
if this recipe pleases you."

No doubt your grandmother's recipe was just as simple. This is the same
as recording folk music.
> 
> What does this imply regarding our assumptions of the immortality of
> creators' works made with the expectation they would outlive those who
> them? For how long? Isn't this a set of examples of Sartre's idea that
> one is immortal only so long as there are those who remember?
> 
Sappho has always been remembered, but only scraps of her poetry remain.

There are many musicians who have been forgotten and then rediscovered.

Regards
-- 
Don Cox
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