Previous posts for October 27th are here: Niccolò Paganini; Conlon Nancarrow (2019), Niccolò Paganini (2020), Conlon Nancarrow (2021), and Conlon Nancarrow; Traugott Maximilian Eberwien (2022)
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Helmut Walcha (27 October 1907 – 11 August 1991) was a German organist, harpsichordist, music teacher and composer.
Twice Bitten
Walcha recorded Bach's complete solo keyboard works twice, once in mono (1947–52), and again in stereo from 1956 to 1971. -- Wikipedia
Helmut Walcha, who was blind,
Accepted what his fate assigned,
And used the powers of his mind
To learn the works of Bach, complete,
From memory, which was quite a feat,
(And being blind, he couldn’t cheat);
And then, he put them all on vinyl,
Which most of us would treat as final,
But someone gave him new advice,
And told him stereo was nice,
And mono sound would not suffice.
His faculties were still precise,
And bowing to the new device,
The daunting feat was managed twice.
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