Flexible temposQuantz: "the performance should be easy and flexible...without stiffness and constraint." p. 20CPE Bach: [certain sequences] can be effectively performed by accelerating gradually and gently, and retarding immediately afterwards." "Certain deliberate disturbances of the beat are extremely beautiful...certain notes and rests should be prolonged beyond their written length for reasons of expression." p. 21AccentuationCPE Bach: "discords are performed loud and concords soft." p. 32Balance:[when one part has merely] to fill in the harmony, it must be performed more softly than the other which makes the principal melody meanwhile. p. 37Demarcating phrasesRobert Donington: "It is necessary for the audience to experience the patterns; and for this the separations in the line are just as important as the line itself." p. 30As a composer I have likewise demarcated my phrases, changed tempos and written out note extensions. In order to emphasize the principal line I have marked in "lead" and put it in all parts of an ensemble so everybody knows who has the melody and to adjust one's part accordingly.