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"The older the fiddle, the sweeter the music"~ Augustus McCrae
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Stravinsky?
(not familiar with the threadbare suit anecdote, but he studied with RK as well)
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Schnabel's advie to Horowitz: "When a piece gets difficult, make faces."
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no, never mind, too young, how 'bout Prokofiev? Elena http://www.pianofourhands.com
Schnabel's advie to Horowitz: "When a piece gets difficult, make faces."
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Right, Renauda. It was Alexander Glazunov!
I am considered by most to be the greatest composer from my country in the past few hundred years. I have been commissioned to write for coronations, and have been knighted for my work. One of my works was composed as compliments to my closest friends, whose musical criticisms I gladly accepted.
Who am I?
"If we lose freedom here, there's no place to escape to." MSU - the university of Michigan! Wheels
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 Yes, Renauda is right again, it is Sir Edward Elgar. For the first half of my adult life I worked in the household of a wealthy man. I had everything a musician could want--honor, riches, and influence. But the life began to wear on me. I had to accompany him everywhere, I suffered a nervous breakdown when my wife died, and my benefactor's successor fired me. A fire destroyed the manuscripts to twelve of my operas, and my only daughter died. My life had come apart. Yet in the midst of my distress I composed a beautiful piece. Who am I?
"If we lose freedom here, there's no place to escape to." MSU - the university of Michigan! Wheels
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Claudio Monteverdi!  Welcome back, grypon! Both of your babies are beautiful! d
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Yes, Monteverdi it is! He composed his beautiful Vespers in the middle of his distress.
I was a great composer, certainly considered by most to be the greatest from my country. I made many mistakes in my life, but always showed great care with my compositions, and was conscientious of every sixteenth note. My writings are filled with themes I did not consider good enough to use. A director of a major opera company wanted to commission a new opera. I told him it might be a long time before the work was completed. He replied that there was no hurry, he could wait three or four months. "Three or four months!" I exclaimed. "It takes me that long to decide between two different chords!"
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Did this thread die? 
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gryphon,
I can't let this thread die... You, markjpcs, and Renauda have too much time and effort invested!
Would the correct answer be Debussy?
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I have an ice cream. I cannot mail it, for it will melt.
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Yes, it is Claude Debussy!
Here's an easy one.
Although I am a conductor, pianist, composer, and songwriter, many remember me as being personally responsible for turning an entire generation onto the joys of great music.
Who am I? And what is my given name?
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Leonard Bernstein (Louis Bernstein)?
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Yes, yes! It is Louis (Leonard) Bernstein!
When WWII broke out, I joined the army. Unfortunately I had the misfortune of being captured while trying to escape on an old bicycle. To bolster our spirits, I arranged to have a short concert with other prisoners with the few instruments we could get--a battered three-string cello, a clarinet, a violin, and a horribly out of tune, dilapidated piano with broken keys--playing a piece I composed for the event.
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Hurry, everybody. mdp1w hasn't gotten it. Now's your chance! :p
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