The great ones, was screw-stringers

[Horace Greeley]

Geoff,

At 11:19 PM 3/9/2005, you wrote:
>It's been said of many great artists that died young that they had the
>dignity to die before they become mundane.

Hmmmm....now....let's see...Haydn...nope, never did do 
much;...Bach...Handel...Stravinsky...probably a bigbuncha other folks I've 
forgotten...Yup...a whole string of has-beens, too be sure.

Cheers!

Horace



>-- Geoff
>Los Angeles
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>From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf
>Of Alan
>Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 8:58 PM
>To: 'Pianotech'
>Subject: The great ones, was screw-stringers
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>
>Beethoven, eh? No one put notes together better!
>
>At least he got to live faily long (albeit deaf) as did Haydn and some
>others.
>
>I always wonder about the ones who died so young--people like Mozart,
>Chopin, and Gershwin. Did they give us all they had, or were they just
>hitting stride and we've been cheated, so to speak.
>
>Beethoven spent most of his life composing. Since then, he's mostly been
>decomposing.
>
>Night all ...
>
>Alan R. Barnard
>Salem, MO
>
>
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>Of Nichols
>Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 10:37 PM
>To: mags@magsmusic.net; Pianotech
>Subject: Re: screw-stringers
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>
>At 04:32 PM 3/10/2005 +1300, you wrote:
> >BEETHOVEN IS DEAD.
> >-mags
>
>Perhaps, but his music is still very much alive. At least for me. I hope
>that it is alive for you, too, for if perchance it is not.......
>
>Good luck,
>Guy
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