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February 9th, 2010 Posted in classical music
I mean trivial composer-facts, not trivial-composer facts. As I’ve been updating the beginner’s pages I’ve found all kinds of (fairly) interesting little pieces of trivia. For example:
  • Haydn had his head stolen for 150 years
  • Mozart’s full name was Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart
  • Mendelssohn’s symphonies were composed in the order: 1, 2, 5, 4 ,3
  • Dvorak’s opus numberings are even more confusing
  • Mahler only composed about 20 pieces.
This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 at 9:27 am and is filed under classical music. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

One Response to “Trivial composer facts”

  1. Sarah Says:

    March 2nd, 2010 at 5:39 am

    Found this blog with some great articles about classical musicains and their lives. Check it out – http://myamazingpeople.com/en/982/meeting-with-ludvig-van-beethoven/


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