Originally posted by Caliban
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So I agree about paintings, and instruments, but this argument fails when it comes to performance in my opinion. Sound is something that we conjure out of the air, it is not something that has a recognisable existance from the past, it is not something that is solid and tangable, or can be seen or heard.
We can only have an idea from the early twentieth century on - as we have recordings of how people performed.
Then there is the possibility that the original composers might actually prefer the modern sound and performance practice! We can't possibly know.
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