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It had cost Adam a great deal of trouble and work in overhours to know what he knew over and above the secrets of his handicraft , and that acquaintance with mechanics and figures , and the nature of the materials he worked with , which was made easy to him by inborn inherited faculty - to get the mastery of his pen , and write a plain hand , to spell without any other mistakes than must in fairness be attributed to the unreasonable character of orthography rather than to any deficiency in the speller , and , moreover , to learn his musical notes and part-singing . Disputes Irving Lowens 's claim that TJ owned none of Joseph Haydn 's works , that his musical tastes favored the old-fashioned style of the 1760 's , and that Haydn pieces in the Monticello music collection reflect the taste of a French harpsichord instructor . On September 25 , 1994 , he was abducted , held for two weeks in a GIA mountain stronghold , condemned to death and released only when his MCB supporters threatened " total war " on the Islamists and he vowed to discontinue his musical career.1 On the eve of his assassination , the " guerrilla singer " 2 had just finished the final work on his forthcoming , now posthumous album , " Open Letter To .... Each step along his musical journey has been deliberate with the intention of moving him forward in order to experience the growth , propulsion and movement in his music just as he has in life both connected at the root of his experiences . It was n't until later in the year that I learned about his musical talent .