Trivia

[stormx]

3 VERY famous composers were born in the SAME year. 

Who were they?
What year?

PD: searching the web is considered CHEATING 

[Chrysalis]

bach handel and scarlatti?

next:

Which composer died on a 19 november XXXX

guess

[pseudopianist]

Debussy?

[stormx]

bach handel and scarlatti?

Chrysalis is the winner !!! 

1685 was the year in question, by the way.

[rhapsody in orange]

Which composer died on a 19 november XXXX

guess

schubert

[stormx]

I have a new one 

2 piano sonatas from VERY famous composers share the same Opus number and are at the same key.
Moreover, one is said to have been inspired by the other.

Who are the composers?

[stormx]

Still nobody? 

Come on, i am sure many of you know the answer !!! 

[Siberian Husky]

Beethoven's "Fur Elise"

and Chopin's  "Fur Lil Kim"

no seriously i dont know..

[Kassaa]

Beethoven - Mendelssohn, Op. 106, both in Bb Major

I searched my pdf collection for sonatas

[stormx]

Beethoven - Mendelssohn, Op. 106, both in Bb Major

I searched my pdf collection for sonatas

And the winner is....Kassaa !!! 

By the way, altough not comparable to Beethoven's Hammerklavier, the Mendelssohn one is nice and under-listened.
I have a Benjamin Frith version ot it (Naxos).

[thalbergmad]

Which pianist died whilst playing the Grieg Concerto??

[Daevren]

Barere?

[thalbergmad]

Sure was. Probably bored with the tempo.

[Daevren]

Hehe.

Actually I didn't know it was the Grieg Concerto and that it was true. I though the story was so crazy it was probably a myth.

Hmm, I'm not sure if I should put forward a new question. But since I don't even have one it doesn't matter. Ill try to think of a nice one.

[thalbergmad]

Which composer died when a book case fell on him whilst he was reaching for a copy of the Talmud??

[Daevren]

I know that one too. But isn't that a myth also

[thalbergmad]

It could be, I can't remember where I read it.

Anyone out there with more info?

[Daevren]

According to an often-repeated story, possibly apocryphal, 'Composer X' died when a bookshelf collapsed on him in his home — apparently as he reached for a volume of the Talmud, which he had placed on the highest shelf, in the position closest to Heaven.

Its unsure if this is true.  I guess we need to track down the source of this story to judge how likely this story is to be true.

Maybe it is more true than Beethoven kissing young Liszt on the forehead. Maybe not

[Regulus Medtner]

That's Alkan all right. The story is almost certainly fictional I reckon.