Walter Meyer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Also his long walk to Luebeck to hear Buxtehude play and how he extricated
>himself from having to marry his elderly ugly daughter might, like the
>other items, afford material for a film.

Bach walked to Luebeck, but the rest of the story doesn't apply to
Bach.  Another great composer visited Buxtehude in Luebeck (but came
in a carrige, not walking), and was offered the job as organist after
Buxtehude (Luebeck cathedral had one very fine churchorgan) in exchange
for filling a condition.  When the main agreements about the job had been
made, Buxtehudes beautiful (in this story) unmarried daugther (that appered
to be the condition) entered the room, and G.F.Haendel, who got red in the
face, hurriedly left the room, the contract, and Luebeck.

Mats Norrman
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