Biography
Basically, what we're told (and are to believe) is that these solo violin pieces, supposedly performed by Herbert Stanley Littlejohn in 1956, were taken from a book of music discovered in a dusty corner of a church in 1954, dating back to the late 1600's! In the process of recording, Littlejohn tripped on an elderly cat and fell down a flight of stairs, breaking his neck, fracturing his skull, and dying instantly before he was able to complete the suites. Luckily for us, his legacy, however vague or incomplete, was then inherited by fellow peers known as The Guild of Funerary Violonists (formed in 1586!), who've passed it on, along with others in the series, to one Rohan Kriwaczek - a violonist as well, in constant search of the "saddest music in the world", and now responsible for publishing. And yes, he even wrote a new book.
(from aquarius records)
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