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The river of time leading to this meeting on star and planet formation with the VLT can apparently be traced back to somewhere in the vicinity of Lake Geneva almost 25 years ago, in 1977. In this introductory talk, I attempt to navigate back upstream and locate the source of the river and in doing so, discover a rather surprising link to musical happenings elsewhere on the lake at the same time. The reader is free to decide whether they find the connection more than mere coincidence, let alone interesting.
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McCaughrean, M.J. (2002). As Eyes See Young Stars Assemble: Star and Planet Formation in the VLT Era. In: Alves, J.F., McCaughrean, M.J. (eds) The Origins of Stars and Planets: The VLT View. ESO Astrophysics Symposia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-40277-1_1
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