> >I suspect the percentage of people actively recording and performing > >music is a lot lower. Back in Bach's time, everyone was expected to > >be able to sing, for instance. > citation? i seriously doubt this. perhaps the more monied classes, but > not the population as whole. This was my thought too, but perhaps tavern songs where very popular. No television, no radio, hard work, alcohol as protection against sickly water. I don't know the history of that time. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user