<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 5:40 PM, Dave Phillips <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dlphillips@woh.rr.com">dlphillips@woh.rr.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Louigi Verona wrote:<br>
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... Bach would write music even if he was starving...<div class="im"><br>
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Bach was one of those people (I argue) who was not able not to write music. It had nothing to do with impressing in order to secure a position. Real talent leads a person.<br>
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Just out of curiosity: What biographies of Bach have you read ?<br>
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Or do you just sort of "feel" like you know the guy ? ;)<br>
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Best,<br><font color="#888888">
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br><br>I have read his biographies, but I cannot say which. I don't remember the author.<br>I also would say that I also "feel" like I know the guy, yes. This comes out of the<br>
general knowledge of how composers worked and how the lived in that era. I did quite<br>comprehensive reading on great composers in general at one period of my life.<br><br>Also, in Russia about ten, fifteen years ago music scene was many times less money oriented,<br>
so I know how different it feels from what is going on now. It's simply what my experience tells me.<br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Louigi Verona<br><a href="http://www.louigiverona.ru/">http://www.louigiverona.ru/</a><br>