Thank you Marty
From what I've read, he lost his first wife and son to the plague. As we say in French:"boire un canon", which means drink a glass of wine. Is he drowning in drink after this painful loss and will have called his famous piece because of it?
So we have to ask ourselves this metaphysical question: Do we have to suffer to make beautiful music? However, avoid putting a hammer on your hand because the result is that you will not be able to play guitar or piano for a while.

Laurent