>>Apparently he wanted to be a violinist virtuoso, but lacked the dexterity, so he just composed for them:
Peter Schickele (of P.D.Q. Bach fame) tells the story that the complex hand-crossings that characterized Scarlatti's earlier piano works disappeared later in his life because he got so fat in his later years that he couldn't cross his hands anymore. Larry Seltzer eWEEK.com Security Center Editor http://security.eweek.com/ http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/ Contributing Editor, PC Magazine [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
