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   From: fretheimnichtspam@tinichtspam.com   
      
   J. Teske wrote:   
   > On Fri, 08 Oct 2004 19:18:49 +0100, Diddy Dave  wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >>Italian composer and violinist Giuseppe Tartini dreamed the music for   
   >>his finest work, "The Devil's Sonata".   
   >   
   >   
   > Its actually the "Devil's Trill Sonata" named for the double stop   
   > trill passage in the last movement.  Tartini supposedly related that   
   > the devil appeared to him in a dream and they had something of a   
   > contest of who was the better violinist...Tartini or the Devil. The   
   > story is well known to anyone having a recording of the piece. Its   
   > probably been embellished over the centuries.   
   >   
   > Jon Teske, violinist   
   >   
   "The Devil went down to Italy/ he was looking for a soul to   
   steal..."   
      
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