Though old enough to be part of generation known for taking liberties with the score and indulging in flexible tempos, he was by contrast disciplined and direct, less concerned with placing his personal stamp on a score than on demonstrating fidelity to the score and ceding a certain interpretive anonymity.

While reading a biography of Sade, he became intrigued by what he called the riddle of the Marquise: why, after 27 years of marriage and "after having demonstrated such absolute fidelity to her husband during his long years in prison," should she have left him the moment he was at last free?

"who demonstrate exemplary fidelity to the authority of the Scripture ... discernment of, and response to, what the Journal calls the "kairos moment" -a moment of cultural crisis demanding timely action from the Church."

She is commemorated in the modern Republic of Cuba by the Order of Anna Betancourt medal, awarded to Cuban women who "demonstrate revolutionary and internationalist merit and anti-imperialist fidelity and/or great merit in a field of work that contributes to the national interest."

What emerged was a picture of a priest, aged 33, who could be regarded as a martyr, having demonstrated outstanding priestly fidelity (especially to the Seal of Confession).

Breyer's position "demonstrates not fidelity to the Constitution," Berkowitz argues, "but rather a determination to rewrite the Constitution's priorities."

That replacement would have asked that ministers, elders and deacons "demonstrate fidelity and integrity in marriage or singleness and in all relationships of life."

There are several different models which have been created, but they all demonstrate fidelity towards specific principles of the concept.

Were you conscious of a need to demonstrate fidelity to some idea of trademark New Yorker fiction?