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Re: Ebenezer Prout se.lsoft.com>
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Scott Morrison <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 13 Sep 2000 20:24:36 -0500
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Virginia Knight wrote:

>>There are words which can be sung to the opening of one of the standard
>>Bach organ fugues which begin as follows: 'O Ebenezer Prout, you are
>>a silly man, you ought to play Bach fugues as fast as you can ....'

Christopher Rosevear comes close:

>I believe it is in D minor -- but can anyone actually identify the fugue
>to which the words refer? Notes are: A FGEF D d c#dbc# A ....

Actually it's the 'Great' Fugue in g minor, BWV 542.

Scott M.

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