On Jun 21, 2008, at 4:53 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  just to play Devil's
> Advocate - If a performer isn't doing all of these
> things "right," does it mean that he/she isn't doing
> French style?


When Donald Grout visited my college when I was a student, someone  
asked him about playing Bach on a piano. His answer: if it is worth  
doing it is worth doing badly.
That still cracks me up.

Ed Durbrow
Saitama, Japan
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/



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