*SPANG*Concidentally, Last night I bought his 'complete works' as a treat for myself. /blog
I read that he was a bit mad towards the end of his life and though that people lived in his piano and helped him compose.
(I read that he was a bit mad towards the end of his life and though that people lived in his piano and helped him compose.
Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH,
Wed 26 Jan 2011, 12:05,
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he had temporal lobe epilepsy, that's why he was a bit mad :)
prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave,
Wed 26 Jan 2011, 12:10,
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Sometimes being a bit mad is a good thingalthough the epilepsy bit is definitely not good.
( Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH,
Wed 26 Jan 2011, 12:34,
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He was also one of those people who was always a bit sicklylike the kid who gets picked last in PE. He came to the UK for and the piss-poor British weather made him ill and he went down to about 6 stone and never really recovered.
Also, there are many videos of Valentina Lisitsa playing the etudes on YouTube. Well worth a watch.
and this is good too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MzrAGZHDvo
(Also, there are many videos of Valentina Lisitsa playing the etudes on YouTube. Well worth a watch.
and this is good too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MzrAGZHDvo
sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally,
Wed 26 Jan 2011, 12:11,
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Thank you*tucks behind ear for later*
( Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH,
Wed 26 Jan 2011, 12:33,
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