On Mon, August 6, 2012 2:57 pm, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> >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. Work songs were very important too. In an age before machines heavy objects requiring more than one man to move moved faster better if the tugs/pushes were in time. Work songs helped this to happen, a supervisor would have known how to lead singing. big thing on sailing ships too. Go to any camp ground with a guitar or two and sing popular songs and a crowd will gather and sing with you... doesn't work so well if everyone is in their RV with satellite TV going. Singing is a normal part of being human... that computers are made without music (and other art) being the most important consideration is odd. -- Len Ovens www.OvenWerks.net _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
