JohnG

Re: "From the fishes of the air to the fowls of the sea." Um! Sorry to be an old pedant but isn't the plural of fish, "fish", and of fowl, "fowl"?? ? But ... "When referring to more than one species of fish, especially in a scientific context, you can use fishes as the plural." Or was illiteracy the idea of da fred? (Newbie to coffee (not becan).)

Skald, If you're interested in Bach, and it certainly seems that you are, like me, then another site you might enjoyvery much is allofbach.com. I enjoy their music so much that I've even decided to make a monthly (small) subscription to them to help them continue their work.

Yes, his ideas about time measure, etc. are extremely controversial. I'm not sure that I agree with him, but then I'm a novice concerning historically accurate performance tempo. But he plays extremely well. I like the the sound of his clavichord, and how the treble, tenor and bass each seem to have their own character. Bach mostly didn't mark tempi on his works. Certainly the cantatas show little evidence. His original scores can be found at bach-digital dot com. I've been working slowly through the cantatas.

Absolutely, it certainly is a wonderful sound, but recently I fell in love with the clavichord, especially as played by Wim Winters. See here: You can also still buy kits for a clavichord, or buy them built. Bach apparently had several of these in his home, for his students to practise on.