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weird facts about the composers - Alexandra Aguila

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weird facts about the composers - Alexandra Aguila

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Beethoven often dipped his head in cold water before composing and Wagner was a composer but he was also a polemicist, conductor and theatre director.

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Beethoven would put his hair in cold water before composing.
Mussorgsky struggled composing barbecue he drank to much.

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Wagner is pronounced -vagner-
Hitler was an enormous fan of him, and some people call him a Nazi, forgetting the fact that he was dead long before Mein Kampf was even written.
Beethoven was deaf, and so used "bone conduction" to play correctly.
Mussgorsky's friends slowly became, according to him, "soulless traitors."

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Weird (or not so weird) facts about composers- Sophia B

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Weird (or not so weird) facts about composers- Sophia B

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A Mussorgsky - Mussorgsky’s family was descendants of Rurik the Great, the first King of ancient Kiev Rus
Beethoven -  He loved cooking, so much so that he named one of his pieces "Christ! On the Mount of Olives"
Wagner - Richard Wagner's first opera titled "The Fairies" wasn't performed during his lifetime.
Grieg - A pianist died while playing his concerto.

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Weird Stories About Composers- Ava Hilliard

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Weird Stories About Composers- Ava Hilliard

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Mussorgsky- In the last years of his life he became addicted to alcohol because of the rejection of his writings by his contemporaries.
Beethoven- He often dipped his head in cold water before composing.
Wagner- died from a heart attack in February 1883 while visiting Venice. The rumour at the time was that the attack had been the result of an argument between Richard and his wife, Cosima, about his interest in another woman.
Grieg-A little girl offered to give him her frog toy and before a concert, her would pat the frogs head for good luck.

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Wagner was a favorite of Adolf Hitler. Beethoven sometimes dipped his head in cold water before he started to compose.

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Weird Facts About Composers - Madelyn Peterson (8th Hour)

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Weird Facts About Composers - Madelyn Peterson (8th Hour)

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Mussorgsky - Despite being a famous composer, he was a heavy drinker and alcohol took over every single aspect of his life.
Beethoven - Beethoven often dipped his head in cold water before composing a piece.
Wagner - Wagner was an anti- Semitic, though his hatred of Jewish people was at first out of nothing but jealousy.
Grieg - Grieg has a very similar appearance to Albert Einstein.

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Mussorgsky died from Delirium tremens, an alcohol that made him crazy. He was influenced by Dmitri Shostakovich and  Sergei Prokofiev.
Beethoven thought he was born in 1772  but wasn't. He was born in 1770.
Wagner's father died 6 months after Wagner was born. He died of typhus
Grieg had a lucky frog

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Weird Facts about the Composers-Jacob Pociecha

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Weird Facts about the Composers-Jacob Pociecha

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Mussorgsky-He was a descendant of Rurik the Great a former king of Russia.
Beethoven-He loved cooking so much he named one of hi pieces after an olive.
Wagner- Unlike most of the composers he did not like music that much as a child.
Grieg- He completed only one concert it was called "Grieg Piano Concerto."

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Mussorgsky: He was famous for his operas and songs. He discovered new ways of writing for the voice (not the show) which sounded very sweet and also suited the Russian language.
Beethoven: Nobody really knew when he was born and he had to drop out of school to support his family. He had a hot temper, was unlucky in love, and had an alcohol problem. He was also deaf, but nobody knows how that happened.
Wagner: His father died from typhus when he was just 6 months old. He invented his own style and made it work. He also had lots of passion for music.
Grieg: He always had trouble at school, but piano was his escape. He had a deep love for Norway, as well as music.

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Mussorgsky died from alcohol.
Beethoven dipped his hand in cold water before composing.
Wagner's antisemitism was rooted, at first, in petty jealousy and youthful alienation.
Grieg hated school.
This adjective describes them all. Dead.

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Mussorgsky- He was known for being a heavy drinker. As a result of alcoholism he died at the age of 42.
Beethoven- Apparently he had a quick temper. If he heard people in the audience talking then he would stop the performance.
Wagner- His music reminded
people of order gone horribly wrong.
Grieg-  His only completed concerto was "Grieg Piano Concerto".