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date: 07 July 2022

Johann Sebastian Bach 1685–1750
German composer 

  1. There is nothing to it. You only have to hit the right notes at the right time and the instrument plays itself.
    when complimented on his organ playing
    K. Geiringer The Bach Family (1954)