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Hailey Buckley
Sep 4, 2018 · 5 min read

When J. S. Bach died in Leipzig in 1750, his music fell into obscurity, and was replaced by new music in a new style — a scandalous example of the triumph of fashion over value. Many years later, his true greatness was acknowledged, and he has been deservedly revered ever since. But as we, in our time, enjoy his work, we should not congratulate ourselves on being more perceptive than his immediate successors, or morally superior to them: the arts today are still plagued…

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Alphabeticon

"Alphabeticon" is a series of small books about men and women, past and present, who have been important in various fields of human endeavour, such as the arts and sciences, politics, religion, sport, and so on. Each volume contains twenty-six chapters; alphabetically arranged.

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