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Re: Blind Composers
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Deryk Barker <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 31 Oct 1999 13:27:40 -0800
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Billy Kitson ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>What did Fenby do for Delius - wasn't this the "famous" use of an
>amanuensis??? I don't know if Handel or Bach had any??

When Fenby went out to Delius in France, Delius wasn't just blind he was
almost totally paralysed too, as he was in the tertiary stage of syphilis.

Deryk Barker
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