Bob Draper loads the die:
>I like this analogy between music and art. Let me put another proposition
>to you. Would like to you touch up the Mono Lisa with brighter colours?
>Perhaps we could make Van Gough's lines a bit smoother. Or, sharpen up
>a Turner.
>
>Of course such ideas are anathema to most people. So why do we touch
>up classical music Haydn/Mozart/Bach etc by playing it on modern less
>astringent instruments or with larger ensembles? Why do people tolerate
>this? Isn't this sacrilige?
To offer a complete wimpy viewpoint: it depends. You should be judging a
result, not a method a priori. I can admit that any of these things might
likely produce a bad result, but I can also conceive of them producing a
good one.
Steve Schwartz