MIlan Gowin reminds us:

>March 21st, as most may know is Bach's birthday.

I cannot resist pointing out that this makes him belong to Alignment
8.  Turn that on its side and it becomes the mathematical symbol for
infinity, which some might find an appropriate comment on the scale of
his achievements.  Other symbolic musical meanings of this number may
occur to numerologists.

Ian Crisp
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