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eschiss1

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amazon.com now tells me-
« on: Thursday 31 March 2011, 07:22 »
that they have researched the topic authoritatively and that they are quite sure that Donald  Francis Tovey wrote "The Forms of Music" when he was -10 years old.

May I give up now?
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M. Henriksen

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Re: amazon.com now tells me-
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 31 March 2011, 08:08 »
Such a clever boy, the young Donald!
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eschiss1

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Re: amazon.com now tells me-
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 31 March 2011, 08:32 »
it's really from 1956. I was trying to correct them but they weren't buyin' :)
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Re: amazon.com now tells me-
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 31 March 2011, 15:12 »
When is his birthday?  If it is February 29th, then he wrote the book at the age of 40.
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Re: amazon.com now tells me-
« Reply #4 on: Monday 19 September 2011, 17:28 »
-40, you mean. not 40. that "-" was the significant bit. I wouldn't mind if he'd written it as a pre-teen... that happens. as a pre-conception? (Or rather, Gilbert & Sullivan style, you mean -2.5.)

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