BIOS Reporter – Volume 24, No.4 – October 2000

The concept of authentic performance is a veritable minefield, whether it be of the music of J.S. Bach in this anniversary year, or of any other composer. Committing to paper ideas on authentic performance is to invite contradiction, a fate which inevitably befell the editorial in the July issue. One member pointed out somewhat irately that Donald Francis Tovey was truly historical, but not historical enough…