Mimi wrote:

>There is an excellent, free, online article by Charles Rosen, reviewing
>a book by Robert Philip ("Performing Music in the Age of Recording") by
>Robert Philip.  It is a lengthy article about a subject dear to our
>hearts.
>
> http://www.nybooks.com/articles/18400

A fine book, as is his earlier book, "Early Recordings and Musical Style:
Changing Tastes in Instrumental Perfomance 1900-1950"

Roger Hecht