Path: bloom-beacon.mit.edu!senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!faqserv From: anich@festival.ed.ac.uk Newsgroups: rec.music.classical.performing,rec.answers,news.answers Subject: Welcome to rec.music.classical.performing! Supersedes: Followup-To: poster Date: 3 Apr 1994 16:41:18 GMT Organization: Dept of Mathematics and Statistics, Edinburgh University, Scotland Lines: 67 Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu Expires: 1 May 1994 16:39:37 GMT Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: bloom-picayune.mit.edu Summary: An introduction to the newsgroup rec.music.classical.performing, differentiating it from related newsgroups in the rec.music hierarchy. People intending to post to the newsgroup are strongly advised to read this article and the FAQ prior to doing so. X-Last-Updated: 1993/08/05 Originator: faqserv@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU Xref: bloom-beacon.mit.edu rec.music.classical.performing:3424 rec.answers:4748 news.answers:17263 Archive-name: music/performing/welcome Last-modified: 2 August 1993 Version: 0.1a Welcome to rec.music.classical.performing! This is a fortnightly posting aimed at introducing new readers to rec.music.classical.performing. Other periodical postings include a monthly FAQ (frequently-asked questions) list. [Readers not familiar with Usenet and newsgroups would be well advised to read articles in news.announce.newusers before proceeding any further.] Rec.music.classical.performing is an unmoderated newsgroup, created to provide a forum for discussion of performance-related issues in classical music. There are several newsgroups carrying discussion of interest to musicians. They include the following, which are perhaps most closely related to rec.music.classical.performing: - rec.music.classical - primarily discussion of classical music recordings and performances - rec.music.early - as rec.music.classical, but dealing with `early' music (pre-baroque) - rec.music.folk - discussion of all aspects of folk music - rec.music.compose - discussion of compositional issues - not strictly limited to classical though most postings are classically-oriented - rec.music.makers etc. - mostly discussion of popular music- making (includes newsgroups for guitar and synthesiser) The newsgroup rec.music.classical.performing was formed to fill a perceived gap in the existing music newsgroup hierarchy. The following is an adaptation of the charter for formation of the newsgroup: The group serves for discussion of issues relating to the performing of classical music (which for present purposes can be taken to include early music etc.). The newsgroup is appropriate for discussion of: instrumental and vocal technique, at both elementary and advanced levels; ensemble playing/singing; conducting; musical interpretation; instrument maintenance; ear-training; sight-reading; tuning and intonation; historical performance; etc. It is not considered appropriate to post reviews of performances and recordings of classical music (rec.music.classical is the appropriate newsgroup in that case). Likewise for early and folk music. There will inevitably be some issues (particularly theory) on the composition/ performance borderline and articles on these might be appropriately cross-posted to rec.music.compose but, in general, cross-posting should be kept to a minimum - pay particular attention when following-up to a cross-posted article. Articles on non-classical music (except early music and in some cases folk music) are not appropriate (where performing is involved, try one of the rec.music.makers newsgroups). Having tried as hard as I can in the last paragraph to put you off subscribing to rec.music.classical.performing (!), I'd just like to encourage you to read the newsgroup for a while and, if you like what you see, to contribute anything you think might be of interest to your fellow classical musicians. Happy reading! -- Sandy Nicholson (S.Nicholson@edinburgh.ac.uk) Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Edinburgh University, Scotland