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Felix Mendelsohn
This master of delightful chamber music and ballet was also the rediscoverer of the genius of Bach.
This master of delightful chamber music and ballet was also the rediscoverer of the genius of Bach.
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(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
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Pretty noisy, but there are some good points in the description
Richard Wagner
This German opera composer was unexcelled both in self-importance and in artistic ambition -- he worked on a bigger scale than anyone else dared to tackleWith or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
Steven WeinbergComment
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Hmmm... my favorite composer... not bad!
Franz Liszt
This star pianist, after years of making the ladies swoon, got religion and turned to serious composition.Keep on Civin'
RIP rah, Tony Bogey & Baron OComment
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Philip Glass
This modern minimalist could fill hours with simple hypnotic patterns."If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun." -Katherine HepburnComment
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Brahms and Liszt?Originally posted by Ming
Hmmm... my favorite composer... not bad!
Franz Liszt
This star pianist, after years of making the ladies swoon, got religion and turned to serious composition.
Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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Richard Wagner
This German opera composer was unexcelled both in self-importance and in artistic ambition -- he worked on a bigger scale than anyone else dared to tackle.
No surprise there
Tamsin (Lost Girl): "I am the Harbinger of Death. I arrive on winds of blessed air. Air that you no longer deserve."
Tamsin (Lost Girl): "He has fallen in battle and I must take him to the Einherjar in Valhalla"Comment
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The quiz doesn't spell Mendelssohn right.
"You're the biggest user of hindsight that I've ever known. Your favorite team, in any sport, is the one that just won. If you were a woman, you'd likely be a slut." - Slowwhand, to Imran
Eschewing silly games since December 4, 2005Comment
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Johann Sebastian BachScouse Git (2) La Fayette Adam Smith Solomwi and Loinburger will not be forgotten.
"Remember the night we broke the windows in this old house? This is what I wished for..."
2015 APOLYTON FANTASY FOOTBALL CHAMPION!Comment
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I got Beethoven.
And the religion question is bogus. A good number of the great composers were athiest/agnostic/deist.Tutto nel mondo è burlaComment
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Bizarre and eccentric, he considered himself a supremely great genius, and was not mistaken. He turned music upside-down and blew all the powdered wigs out of the concert hall, even though he was deaf.Comment
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Igor Stravinsky
He revolutionized ballet with his powerful and visceral music, which brought popular audiences fully into the twentieth century.
I'd like to be Beethoven.
I watched you fall. I think I pushed.Comment
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You are:
David Del Tredici
The dynamic imp who restored a much-needed sense of fun to modern composition.
(Sorry about the lack of suitable pictures.)12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
Stadtluft Macht Frei
Killing it is the new killing it
Ultima Ratio RegumComment
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Same here.Originally posted by Jaguar
Jean SibeliusComment
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JohnT
"You're the biggest user of hindsight that I've ever known. Your favorite team, in any sport, is the one that just won. If you were a woman, you'd likely be a slut." - Slowwhand, to Imran
Eschewing silly games since December 4, 2005Comment
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Igor Stravinsky
He revolutionized ballet with his powerful and visceral music, which brought popular audiences fully into the twentieth century.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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