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   From: carl@witthoft.com   
      
   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..."   :-)   
      
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