I must admit you have me intrigued about Poulenc's evocation of the
guillotine.  John Eaton calls for the keyboard enclosure to be slammed down
in his "Danton and Robespierre," an effect that worked much better in the
orchestra pit than it did in the house.

Aaron J. Rabushka
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