
8/19/15 @ 2:19am
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Location: Spain, longing for Denmark
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It was written for the Christmas season of 1734; the date is confirmed in Bach's autograph manuscript. The next performance was not until December 1857 by the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin under Eduard Grell. The Christmas Oratorio is a particularly sophisticated example of parody music. The author of the text is unknown. Quote

8/20/15 @ 8:58am
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Location: Spain, longing for Denmark
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Unlike the situation with cake, everybody gets the toppings



8/20/15 @ 6:16pm
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Location: Brisbane Australia, home of the 2032 Olympic Games
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257 is the country calling code for Burundi
[ I have just learned that what I have referred to as "telephone country code" in previous posts is more correctly called "country calling code" ] Quote