Peter Wilton writes:
>Doesn't Christopher Page use the odd hurdy-gurdy drone for Hildegard?
Yes, on some tracks. I don't think it's a striking factor of the
release, or even that it's very noticeable to most listeners (it's
generally rather quiet).
In any case, I did not mean to imply that the most popular chant
or chant-like albums _never_ used drones, but only that it is not
a general characteristic of them, and so I can't see any connection
between drones and making a hit with the popular audience. In
other words, I see the two as uncorrelated, but not as negatively
correlated.
Todd McComb
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