tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post5776779721082770955..comments2023-10-08T08:38:09.714-04:00Comments on Musical Perceptions: Bad Musicologist, Bad!Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286095156825716887noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post-14282740731421729322009-12-02T04:26:37.859-05:002009-12-02T04:26:37.859-05:00"...our knowledge of events 1000 years ago is..."...our knowledge of events 1000 years ago is more complete than the video suggests."<br /><br />Mmmm, there is a logic flaw there somewhere. That is, our knowledge is only as good as our sources, and we have no way of verifying them, only a weak statistic that suggests, if there is a certain amount of correlation between the sources we do find, they might be true. The game of post office usually pokes the hole in that.<br /><br />To me, much more importantly is, what are we doing NOW! That is a field as rich as any, considering there are more people alive on the face of the planet at this moment, making music, then existed through the vast amount of time. There IS a Bach, a Mozart etc. etc. out there right now, statistically. Besides if that silly old saw of Santayana is of any merit, we are only bound to repeat what happened a thousand years ago, anyway. We can do a better job of recording it then. ;-)<br /><br />When one stops taking that large grain of salt with deep history, then it may be time to start drinking the cool-aid. There is validity, even in lightness. The truth is, we don't know what we know, and that is still alright, and our work is still valuable.<br /><br />But I am not opinionated.Peter (the other)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13566863953900423495noreply@blogger.com