Bernard Chasan ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>... according to some remarks of Robert Levin at concert he played, Bach
>was considered not really qualified for the St. Thomas job because he did
>not have a university degree!! He was hired only after the first two
>candidates, each with a degree,turned the job down,
The first was Telemann, who not only didn't have a degree (did people
actually have degrees in the 18th century) but who was self-taught.
Deryk Barker
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