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rug

(82,333 posts) Sun Nov 16, 2014, 08:59 PM Nov 2014

Alfred Schnittke lies here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Schnittke

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Alfred Schnittke lies here. (Original Post) rug Nov 2014 OP

What a beautiful and appropriate gravestone, my dear rug... CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2014 #1

Perfect! frogmarch Nov 2014 #2

The cadenza he wrote for Beethoven's Violin Concerto is awesome cemaphonic Nov 2014 #3

I don't know that much about him. rug Nov 2014 #4

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,699 posts)

1. What a beautiful and appropriate gravestone, my dear rug...

Reply to rug (Original post)

Sun Nov 16, 2014, 09:13 PM

Nov 2014

And the music is perfect as well...

Thank you.

frogmarch

(12,158 posts)

2. Perfect!

Reply to rug (Original post)

Sun Nov 16, 2014, 09:34 PM

Nov 2014

Wow, just wow!

cemaphonic

(4,138 posts)

3. The cadenza he wrote for Beethoven's Violin Concerto is awesome

Reply to rug (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2014, 03:23 AM

Nov 2014

I have a few pieces of his here and there on various CDs that I like, but have never really made a project of getting to know his music. What are some good places to start?

rug

(82,333 posts)

4. I don't know that much about him.

Reply to cemaphonic (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 17, 2014, 01:23 PM

Nov 2014

I just ran across the picture of the gravestone and poked around.

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