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Wes Crone <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 6 Nov 1999 12:43:32 -0800
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Aaron J. Rabushka wrote:

>Perhaps it was something else (other than the FitzWilliam) that he (Bach)
>copied by moonlight.  I'd heard that he copied a book that he had to sneak
>from his brother who wouldn't let him use it.  It's been a long time since
>I've heard that story, and I don't remember the source.

What I remember from the story was that Bach copied the Fiori Musicali by
Frescobaldi.  He apparently snuck this from his older brother and copied
it either by candlelight or moonlight.

--Wes Crone

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