John Parker <[log in to unmask]> pops up with:

>When I first heard the Great Fugue, I thought it sounded like Bartok,
>and then I learned that isn't such an uncommon reaction.

That was about my reaction too.  I hadn't guessed it was by Beethoven.  A
very atypical work indeed.

Andreas von Doebeln
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