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Ulvi Yurtsever <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 1 Jun 1999 22:31:06 +0000
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Todd Michel McComb wrote:

>Since Bach's music exemplifies primarily hard work and craftsmanship,
>the suggestion that one could not write similarly is a bit disheartening,
>to say the least.

Well, there has never been a law against duplicating Bach's achievements;
despite that, no one has ever come close in the last three hundred years.
The simplest explanation would be that nobody knows how to do it.

>I can quite honestly state that I am not in awe of any piece of music...

Yup, if Bach doesn't do it for you, nothing else will...

Ulvi Yurtsever
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