Did Johann Sebastian Bach really say 'I play the notes as they are written, and if they are not written, I don't play ...'?

Johann Sebastian Bach Quote Source & Citation:

I play the notes as they are written, and if they are not written, I don't play them.

— Johann Sebastian Bach Early Modern · Baroque composer

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"I have had to work hard. Anyone who works just as hard will get just as far."

"The more I practice, the luckier I get."

"Music is a gift of God, not of men."

"I find that I can improvise more on the organ than on the harpsichord."

"I play the notes as they are written, but it is God who makes the music."

A contrasting saying to the 'feel them' quote, highlighting his precision.

Date: c. 1700s

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