52 points | by thunderbong 6 days ago
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"It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years."
Tom Lehrer.
Mozart lived for 35 years
Lehrer did 97
Apparently this was an exercise book he made for a parisian tutee, who later fled the french revolution, leading to the confiscation of the notebook by the revolutionaries.
I love his handwriting style. I wonder if it was the first draft or a copy [1]
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkqfpkTTy2w
I hope we get to hear his new/old music. That would be amazing
Turns out "technical debt" also applies to national archives.
"It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years."
Tom Lehrer.
Mozart lived for 35 years
Lehrer did 97
Apparently this was an exercise book he made for a parisian tutee, who later fled the french revolution, leading to the confiscation of the notebook by the revolutionaries.
I love his handwriting style. I wonder if it was the first draft or a copy [1]
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkqfpkTTy2w
I hope we get to hear his new/old music. That would be amazing
Turns out "technical debt" also applies to national archives.