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Yuri Tulupenko <[log in to unmask]>
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Anthony Waterman wrote:

>I believe that the first economist we
>know of who was said to like music was (rather surprisingly) James Mill.



Anders Chydenius (1729-1803), the "Adam Smith of the North", 
maintained his own orchestra, and rehearsed with them. They gave 
concerts in the rectory's reception hall (Chydenius was rector of 
Kokkola, Finland, since 1770). They played contemporary music by 
continental composers.

There is a CD, "From the Music Collection of Anders Chydenius", 
recorded by the Osthrobotnian Chamber Orchestra from Finland, see

<http://www.alba.fi/index.php?PHPSESSID=5d65p8js1oeuaeov6o7lopfro3&disc=ABCD%20186>http://www.alba.fi/index.php?PHPSESSID=5d65p8js1oeuaeov6o7lopfro3&disc=ABCD%20186


Yuri Tulupenko

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