On 1/19/2011 2:11 PM, Ed Sutton wrote: > Many composers have written > for the instruments that exist. I wonder why.... > > Ed Sutton Because that's what they had to work with, that's why. The same reason bamboo is still a very common construction material in Asia and never was in the U.S. Hardly any music has been composed for instruments that never existed, or is now being composed for instruments not typically still in use. Is music still being widely composed for the sackbut? Ron N
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