Let us extract a few sentences from a biography. First, this from a soldier's life: I have had the happiest possible life, and have always been working for war, and have now got into the biggest in the prime of life for a soldier. . . . Thank God, we are off in an hour. ...
J.R.: In your biography, there is a statement that you find that Chopin has been influenced by Bach. Would you discuss this, especially as the Goldberg Variations may relate to the question? B.S.: Chopin absolutely was influenced by Bach. We know that before Chopin himself performed in ...