Then, there came a reaction, and with it a passion for slurring the notes.
When I was Stamaty's pupil, it was considered most difficult to "tie" the notes; that required, however, only dexterity and suppleness.

"When she learns to 'tie,' she will know how to play," said the mother of a young pianist.

Nevertheless, the trick of perpetual _legato_ becomes exceedingly monotonous and takes away all character from the pianoforte classics.

But it is insisted on everywhere in the modern German editions.

Throughout there are connections seemingly interminable in length, and indications of _legato_, _sempre legato_, which the author not only did not indicate, but in places where it is easy to see that he intended the exact opposite.
If this is the case, what shall be said of marking the fingering on all the notes--which often makes good playing impossible.