Full CPE Bach quote

While glancing through "The New Bach Reader," I accidentally found the letter from CPE to Forkel where he mentions his dad's distaste for dry theory...the whole sentence states: "The departed, like myself or any true musician, was no lover of dry, mathematical stuff." Pretty straightforward...here's a couple of others of interest; regarding Bach's teaching method, he states: "In composition he started his pupils right in with what was practical, and omitted all the dry species of counterpoint that are given in Fux and others." (Italics in original quote). And, "As for the invention of ideas, he required this from the very beginning, and anyone who had none he advised to stay away from composition altogether." Not bad advice, interesting stuff...Hstick
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