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Groan's Dictionary of Music and Musicians - Revised Edition
Basil Lam, I think, said that although both Bach and Handel applied for the post of successor to Buxtehude they reconsidered when they realised that one of the conditions was marriage to his daughter. "Neither man eventually got his hands on the Brustwerk".
Which raises that old chestnut - could JBS and GFH have met?
Imagine the delight of 15 year-old schoolboys who discovered that the new Headmaster Mr Newhouse's name could be translated as Casa Nova - oh how we laughed
Basil Lam, I think, said that although both Bach and Handel applied for the post of successor to Buxtehude they reconsidered when they realised that one of the conditions was marriage to his daughter.
"You'll reap the reward of your pluck, my boy, and a very nice girl you'll find her
She may very well pass for forty-three, in the dusk with the light behind her"
(Trial by Jury)
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