Aww screw that. Chopin is the guy yer thinking of. Metronome? “Eff you. Eat some rubato. The beat is whatever is right in the moment. “. Altough Frydyryk would insist upon strict adherence to metronome markings. He was a bit of a dick, and fop, and anti-Semite. But he was a genius tunesmith and contrapuntalist.
Why are musical geniuses so weird?.....................