Joho the Blog
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January 01, 2005
Susan Crawford did not have a good time at a Bach concert yesterday. I wouldn't mention it except she writes about it so amusingly. I'm reminded of a conversation my friend Joe Mahoney had with another friend of mine, Tim Anderson. According to Joe, who is an amazing musician, it went like this: Joe: Can you imagine? Bach had to write a cantata every week! Tim: Not only that. He had to write a Bach cantata. (Joe has a great post from November about the joy of growing up with a son and his son Quentin's manic performance in "Cinderella." Unfortunately, I can't find the permalink...) Posted
by D. Weinberger at January 1, 2005 03:46 PM
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of course bach could then take off time at the cantina....
Posted by: odeus | January 1, 2005 06:32 PM
Since the best man could not be obtained, mediocre ones would have to be accepted.
-- Leipzig mayor Abraham Platz, 1723, commenting on appointing Bach as the Cantor of St Thomas School, Leipzig, when Graupner refused the post (Graupner is a now long-forgotten minor musician); quoted in Werner Neuman, Bach (1961)
Posted by: Jozef Imrich | January 2, 2005 02:24 AM