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  • subcontrabass
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 2780

    Grieg: Two bar phrases only

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    • P. G. Tipps
      Full Member
      • Jun 2014
      • 2978

      Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf: It's The Name, Silly.

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      • cloughie
        Full Member
        • Dec 2011
        • 22183

        Originally posted by ahinton View Post
        ...still less that tenth-rate Mahler who called himself Shostakovich!

        Walton: There's a Bear market
        Ole Bull: Oh that's a shame

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        • cloughie
          Full Member
          • Dec 2011
          • 22183

          Dohnanyi : Twinkle twinkle Little Star

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          • gradus
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 5622

            P Maxwell Davies: ... and make it snappy

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            • ahinton
              Full Member
              • Nov 2010
              • 16123

              Originally posted by cloughie View Post
              Ole Bull: Oh that's a shame
              I couldn't aGrieg more!

              Sessions: Some composers never smile

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              • ahinton
                Full Member
                • Nov 2010
                • 16123

                Originally posted by gradus View Post
                P Maxwell Davies: ... and make it snappy
                You were short-changing him/us! (until you added "and")

                Ogdon: Wild about Harry? Moi??

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                • Sir Velo
                  Full Member
                  • Oct 2012
                  • 3260

                  Richard Strauss: Don't call me Johann!

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                  • french frank
                    Administrator/Moderator
                    • Feb 2007
                    • 30458

                    A. Tchaikowsky: Er, no I'm not.
                    Pergolesi: Have my seat, madam.
                    It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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                    • ahinton
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 16123

                      Originally posted by french frank View Post
                      A. Tchaikowsky: Er, no I'm not.
                      B. Tchaikovsky: And nor am I

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                      • Padraig
                        Full Member
                        • Feb 2013
                        • 4250

                        Turlough O Carolan : He does harp on

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                        • P. G. Tipps
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                          • Jun 2014
                          • 2978

                          Shostakovich: Super Symphonist, Footy Fan.

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                          • Nick Armstrong
                            Host
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 26574

                            Originally posted by P. G. Tipps View Post
                            Shostakovich: Super Symphonist, Footy Fan.
                            Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                            Shostakovich: Come On You Reds!!

                            "...the isle is full of noises,
                            Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                            Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                            Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                            • LeMartinPecheur
                              Full Member
                              • Apr 2007
                              • 4717

                              Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                              Ole Bull: Oh that's a shame
                              Ole Bull: Crowd-shout in Carmen
                              Karlowicz: An avalanche of inspiration? Or, On the slippery slope? Alas, going downhill rapidly.
                              Granados: Sussex by the Sea
                              Ives: My strongest theme? Insurance!
                              Last edited by LeMartinPecheur; 11-01-17, 21:52.
                              I keep hitting the Escape key, but I'm still here!

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                              • Lat-Literal
                                Guest
                                • Aug 2015
                                • 6983

                                Brian - 21 symphonies after 79
                                Hovhaness - 37 symphonies after 62
                                Bentzen - 24 symphonies in total
                                Segarstan - 309 symphonies to date

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