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Statistics for Classical Musicians- the rest of the story
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| A musical genius, he was prone to pranks and scatology. | Wolfgang Mozart | 95%
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| This 20th century French composer described his most popular composition,"Bolero," as boring. | Maurice Ravel | 75%
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| This 19th centrury composer had an affair with George Sand, born Aurore Dudevant, with whom he spent a miserable winter on the island of Mallorca. | Frederic Chopin | 69%
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| He reportedly said that only imbeciles called his music "impressionistic." | Claude Debussy | 61%
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| He married Liszt's illegitimate daughter, Cosima, who was 24 years younger than he. Before they married, they had 3 children together while she was still married to Hans Von Bulow. | Richard Wagner | 58%
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| This remarkable pianist/composer gave birth to 8 children and mangaged to give over 300 concerts a year. | Clara Schumann | 54%
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| This 20th century Russian composer served as a firefighter during Germany's seige of Leningrad. | Dmitri Shostakovich | 54%
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| This Austrian classic-era composer was "thrashed" a number of times as a young boy: once, for cutting off a classmate's pigtail, and once for having annoyed the Empress Maria Teresa with his noise-making. | Franz Joseph Haydn | 51%
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| This French late Romantic composer fell madly in love with a red-headed Irish actress named Harriet Simpson, who was the inspiration for his "Symphonie Fantastique." | Hector Berlioz | 51%
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| This German Romantic composer attempted suicide by jumping into the Rhine River. | Robert Schumann | 51%
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| As a young teenager, this German Romantic composer played piano in brothels on the Hamburg waterfront to help support his family. | Johannes Brahms | 48%
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| This French Baroque composer died of gangrene three months after stabbing himself in the foot with his conducting baton. | Jean-Baptiste Lully | 31%
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| This Spanish composer drowned when the ship he and his wife were on in the English channel was torpedoed by a German U-boat in 1916. | Enrique Granados | 14%
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| These anonymous musicians, a significant part of French medieval cultural life, composed many x-rated poems and songs. | Troubadours | 13%
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| This 20th century composer, who often used the 12-tone compositional technique, died from injuries sustained when he tripped over his dog's leash. | Wallingford Riegger | 3%
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| This 20th century Spanish musician promoted popular Latin dance music in the USA. When asked why he did not use his classical training, he said, "I would rather play 'Chiquita Banana' and have my swimming pool than play Bach and starve." | Xavier Cugat | 3%
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