In "A Tale of Two Cities" there is a French marquis with a cold and selfish heart. He is consequently a cruel man.
This man has very good manners. In reading the book, it is a pleasure to "listen to him talk", because his manners are so fine. He can say "my friend" to someone he hates, without sounding smarmy. So, zee question eees, which players of fretted instrumentals, historical or (preferably) living, might serve as models of good manners during performance? By good manners, I don't mean nice clothes, humility, or open-heartedness, however preferable these might be. I mean the type of manners which our marquis had: a sophisticated, semi-formalized, perhaps difficult good-breeding which would serve well at a diplomatic party. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
