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?
Such a clever boy, the young Donald!
it's really from 1956. I was trying to correct them but they weren't buyin' :)
When is his birthday? If it is February 29th, then he wrote the book at the age of 40.
-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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