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   In , Carl Witthoft   
   wrote:   
      
   >In article <4168005A.60902@tinichtspam.com>,   
   > Eric Fretheim  wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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..."   
   >   
   >"The Devil went down to Georgia..."   :-)   
      
   "Well I want my Chrissy, ’n I want my beer so you just barf it back up now,   
   Devil, do you hear?"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)