> But that doesn't mean that we who aren't committed to a period >shouldn't share the joy of playing ancient music on instruments that may not >meet the exact specifications of the purist.
When the famous musicologist Donald Grout visited my college when I was a student, someone asked him about performing early music on instruments that weren't 'right' or period. He said if was worth doing, it was worth doing badly. I nearly busted a gut laughing. -- Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/
