Peter Harzem wrote: >There is, isn't there, a fundamental difference between making love >and copulating? I think Bolero is closer to the latter. But the Faune? >--surely to erotic love. The difference between the two is so very great. I agree. The Faune and the differenciation between the two terms, maybe of the best suggestions on this issue I have read till now. Debussy was (still is) pure subtle erotic power in the Faune. What about Pelleas and Melisande, particularly with Abbado? Andres Nunez