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Denis Fodor <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 14 Apr 1999 17:04:57 -0400
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Donald Satz wrote:

>What I still don't appreciate is that King does not employ female
>soloists.  Does anyone else on the list have a problem with that aspect
>of the performance?

Not here.  Back in Bach's day the socially correct role of women was
pretty much limited to Kinder, Kueche, Kirche.  For a HIP band striving
for historical correctness, today's political correctness must, alas,
be superseded.  Such is the stuff of music's wonderful agony.

Denis Fodor                     Internet:[log in to unmask]

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