Summarize the article. Evening in the Palace of reason.

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The article begins with a recollection of Sebastian’s years at his brother’s house. He had made a copy of his brother’s music collection only for his brother to take it away from him. Sebastian wondered why his brother would do such a thing. Gaines finds that Sebastian’s story is similar to that of J.G. Walther, as cited by David Yearsley. Walther complained about being made to pay to read a musical discourse by his teacher. But his teacher then stood over him as he read it and would only allow him to make limited copies.
Yearsley cites Walther’s story to show the link between alchemy and counterpoint. Counterpoint and alchemy are practices that have existed for centuries. Understanding these two practices would enable one to know what Sebastian was doing when he was tryin...