There are those who advocate an 'authentic' approach, painstakingly trying to use exactly the technology and performance practice of the original time.
Would it be interesting, artistic, if all sincere, authentic feelings were honestly put on stage?
Authentic artists are seen as talented, creative, and not overly concerned with short-term success, obtained by any means and at any cost.
In addition, authentication using public key encryption limits message repudiation: if a message is confirmed as authentic, the sender cannot easily deny sending it.
Take the most up-to-date computerized collection of authentic texts to produce realistic and useful examples.
This story is somewhat implausible and unlikely to be authentic.
But first we must look for a few definitions, or, at least try to capture some of the qualities of authentic democracy.
Some of the reformed versions of certain chants were clearly based on differing 'originals', or even on quite different (though equally 'authentic') melodies.
