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Besmirching the spirit of Robert Burns

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From: The Scotsman
Date: 20020121
Author:Jimmy Reid

I GOT a book for Christmas. The Life of Beethoven, by Alexander Thayer. The author trawled through the personal and business correspondence of the composer in hope of shedding more light on his genius. On page 208, I read: "A letter by Beethoven. Dated Vienna, 1 November, 1806, referring to his involvement with a project originally proposed in 1803 by an earnest promoter of good music, George Thomson, a Scottish gentleman - that of making the most extensive collection possible of the music of Scotland."

George Thomson, in partnership with James Johnson, set out to collect and rescue from ...

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