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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