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You're reaching pretty far back to find outstanding examples, and I'll agree they are way above average. However, I'll assume you know that most of Shakespeare
by xscott 3y ago
You're reaching pretty far back to find outstanding examples, and I'll agree they are way above average.
However, I'll assume you know that most of Shakespeare's works were based off of earlier works. And I doubt Bach taught himself from scratch either.
- Turing_Machine 3y agoNot just based off, but in some cases blatant ripoffs. Shakespeare was famous for swiping the plots of Italian plays. Ever notice how many of his plays are set in Italy? This was before "remix" was a word. Shakespeare's specialty was writing clever dialog (and to give credit where it's due, he was very, very good at that), not coming up with totally original plays. If copyright as we know it had existed in Shakespeare's time, he would have been sued into a smoking crater.