John Dalmas wrote concerning some list members:
>These partisans are absolutists. Each and every note written by
>their particular champion is sacrosanct;....
Oh, the above is greatly exaggerated. There are three notes in Bach's
output that I could live without.
I also want to say that I don't take well to my "champions" being gutted to
the core, particularly in a "subtle" manner surrounded by a polite veneer.
I'm sure that many list members would feel at least "protective" at that
point. I'm a scorpio so it goes deeper than that. But, in the end, it's
all fun.
Concerning music criticism, I don't think that either John or I have
engaged in any. I carefully read John Bell Young's writings on the
subject, and I sure don't possess those skills.
Don Satz
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