Yes, I posted Bill Merdith's message to illustrate the perils of attempting
to equate old ecomonies with modern ones. The valid comparison would be
within one economy, perhaps in one geographical area. That's why I gave
the comparision (the only one I had at hand) between a ream of paper and a
23, 2003 8:45 PM
Subject: Beethoven currency query
This was posted to the musicology list, and may be of interest in light of
our recent discussions. I forgot to mention that there was a cponference
at NYU a few years back titled Thr Mu$ic Bu$ine$$ in the 18th Century.
John Kmetz organized
on
the value of money was read.
Bill Meredith heads the Beetoven Center of the U of Califonia, San Jose.
He's mentioned prominently in that true detective story about Beethoven's
hair. (Nice summertime read.)
AJN
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