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On 23/02/05, Karl Miller wrote: > I am reminded of a seminar I had in the aesthetics of music...our > teacher offered the scenario...not unlike a similar discussion, on > this list, about "the future." It is the year 4,000 and you uncover a > pile of jazz charts...no recordings survive. Musicologists worldwide > examine the scores and try to determine the appropriate way to perform > "ad lib." There are musicological forums and congresses held, papers > are written, professorships are awarded, careers are made and others > destroyed, books are published and over a period of years of intense > debate a "performance standard" is developed based upon the research, > diaries, newspaper articles, reviews, etc. Kinda makes you wonder what > that "performance standard" would sound like. Like a lot of jazz played today by people who have taken college courses in jazz. Actually the situation for Ancient Greek music is much as you describe - only a few documents, and no recordings. Regards -- Don Cox [log in to unmask]