tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-471232512346545776.post2172222160413017215..comments2011-08-14T11:49:53.691-06:00Comments on Magister Perotinus: Qualitative and QuantitativeJohn Richard Ahernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12413455880687151721noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-471232512346545776.post-3635728386645140752009-03-21T08:02:00.000-06:002009-03-21T08:02:00.000-06:00I think I get your point: that the terms "traditio...I think I get your point: that the terms "traditional" and "contemporary" in reference to church music are neither qualitative nor *necessarily* mutually exclusive, but I don't see how either of them would ever fall into the quantitative category. <BR/><BR/>Tradition means handed down. Contemporary means at the same time. Both the quality and the quantity lie within the particular tradition being handed down, not within the fact of it having been handed down. Likewise, that something is contemporary says nothing about it's quantity or quality. And of course, as you say, something that is contemporary is generally on offshoot of some tradition or another, quite possibly a good one. Case in point, Arvo Part.M. Z. Ahernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11892846665956423431noreply@blogger.com