Am 21. Apr 2009 um 1:28am schrieb Claudio Di Veroli:

> . OTHER EVIDENCE: I am not aware of evidence contradicting the above 
> and
> suggesting that, in 1720-1730 France, harpsichord musettes should have 
> the
> "musette bass" arpeggiato throughout. If somebody knows of such 
> evidence I
> will be grateful to know.

'rolling' these chords to use JRL's apt expression Claudio, is 
necessary and sufficient for evoking the character of droned 
instruments, and by extension the whole 'Cytheran'  reverie, which is 
the essence of this piece

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