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Topic: VIDEO: Aristocrat of the Slums by Michael Sayers (2008 recording)  (Read 1238 times)

Offline michael_sayers

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This is a little music diary type composition. The images are a homage to the great chess player Wilhelm Steinitz who, despite his tremendous and profound vision, spent his entire life in poverty and died in tragic and unbefitting circumstances in a mental asylum.