Dear Caroline and all, on Wed, 22 Oct 2003, Caroline Usher wrote:
> If it was contrapuntal music that was considered objectionable, then > what about all the contrapuntal music for organ or for choir? I seem to > remember a very prolific composer of contrapuntal church music named JS > Bach. . . . Just 2 small comments: There really were extreme "reformists", who forbid the use of instruments in church, for ex. the Calvinists. And to talk about JS Bach is quite out of context, considering the time span from the 16th century to the 18th century... Arto
