It is easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself.
— Johann Sebastian Bach Early Modern

Baroque composer

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A variation of his common saying.

Date / Period

c. 1720s-1740s

Category

Humorous

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