On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 8:46 PM, Monica Hall <mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >you are under duress from ill informed conductors
That sums up nicely the position of any member of an orchestra-for-hire. > then I owe you an apology! No offence given, none taken. > But briefly I don't think that the guitar would have been used in 17th > century Italian (or other) religious music intended to be performed in a > liturgical context. I can't see why it should be necessary. Not necessary, no, nothing is necessary. But Howard made that point already