In message <20000705231937.8F83A7E8C84@c...>, Reg Boyle <bandb@n...> writes > > Possibly a relevant detail I was reading of late. >JSBach had barely a week to teach his young and fairly >uncooperative boys the cantata or what-ever for the following >Sunday, and it's been a puzzle how he managed it each week? >Especially in view of its complexity. > It seems that he had two specific details he >regarded as essential. One was absolutely perfect rhythm >and the other was the boys hitting the pitch dead centre. >Any advance on this? >Regards Reg. > At the risk of lowering the tone of this thread, J S Bach is also supposed to have beaten the boys on Monday morning if they messed up the previous Sunday - a form of motivation that, happily, we no longer use!
Regards to all, Sheila -- Sheila Graham www.sheilagraham.demon.co.uk
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