# Recognize this piece of music, or the composer's handwriting? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 18, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognize-this-piece-of-music-or-the-composers-handwriting/920942 "2020-09-18T19:02:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognize-this-piece-of-music-or-the-composers-handwriting/920942/1 "2020-09-18T19:02:07Z")
[https://shops.mountvernon.org/collections/ties-1/products/music-tie](https://shops.mountvernon.org/collections/ties-1/products/music-tie) I asked a musician friend of mine who thought it was probably from the early 18th C., but didn’t recognize the tune when he played what little he could see of it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognize-this-piece-of-music-or-the-composers-handwriting/920942/2 "2020-09-18T19:17:26Z")
I wonder if [this](https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/fortas/2019-2020/nellys-harpsichord-68086/) link might be of use. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognize-this-piece-of-music-or-the-composers-handwriting/920942/3 "2020-09-18T19:17:32Z")
Rio by Duran Duran? It looks like JS Bach’s handwriting which makes sense with “musical cantata”