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When Bach died some of his children sold his scores to the butcher they had decided the paper was more useful for wrapping meat. In a small village in Germany a father brought home a limp goose wrapped in paper that was covered with strange and beautiful symbols.

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Simon Van Booy
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
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Bach
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