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Deathbed compositions of composers
Topic Started: Dec 6 2011, 02:10 AM (109 Views)
jon-nyc
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Interesting stuff here.

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/music_box/2011/11/famous_classical_composers_the_last_piece_they_wrote_before_they_died_.single.html
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Dave Spelvin
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jon-nyc
Dec 6 2011, 02:10 AM
I note that Jan Swafford is writing a Beethoven bio. If it's half as good as his Brahms, I'm on it.
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Horace
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Interesting, thanks for posting that Jon.

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I note that Jan Swafford is writing a Beethoven bio. If it's half as good as his Brahms, I'm on it.


Yes, easily my favorite biography of all time. (Not that I've read many.) I felt such a kinship with Brahms, probably just because the book was so well written.

One of my favorite Brahms facts learned there was that, on his deathbed, he would mostly just read Bach scores.
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