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Keyboardists whose chief asset is mere technique . . . more often than not astound us with their prowess without ever touching our sensibilities. They overwhelm our hearing without satisfying it and stun the mind without moving it.

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Age: 74 †
Born: 1714
Born: March 8
Died: 1788
Died: December 14
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