Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre, praise him with timbrel and dancing, praise him with the strings and pipe, praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.

Psalm 150:3-6

I was listening to Sam Leith’s interview of Paul Kildea on the Spectator Books podcast while I was driving. Their discussion turned to some of the reasons that Chopin’s 24 Preludes probably sounded very different when played today compared to when he played them on his piano’s, while composing them, …