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Subject: Re: Happy birthday JSB! *** and DS! ***
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Date: Thu, 10-Jan-85 15:26:30 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 10 15:26:30 1985
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> --
> >> 1985 is the 300th anniversary of the birthday of
> >> Johann Sebastian Bach, in my opinion
> >> the greatest composer that ever lived.
> 
> >> Expect a deluge of concerts, recordings, books,
> >> and articles.  Perhaps after three centuries
> >> his music will finally win the recognition it deserves.
> 
> But let's not forget that it's also the 300th anniversary
> of the birthday of Domenico Scarlatti.

Well, I looked up D. Scarlatti in a dictionary, which gave the year of
his birth as 1683.  To be sure, though, 1985 is also the 300th anniversary
of George Frederick Handel (or Georg Friedrich Haendel, if you prefer)
and the 400th of Heinrich Schuetz.

Joe Fasel
Los Alamos National Laboratory
jhf@lanl.{arpa,uucp}