![]() One time, he missed the ground and hit his foot. The Italian composer, Jean-Baptiste Lully, hit a staff on the ground to keep time when the orchestra plays. He died due to a heart attack because of dancing too hard at a ball. (He came from a family with a long line of psychological issues).Īlexander Borodin was also a chemist, doctor, and major partier along with being a composer. Robert Schumann plunged his hands in a slaughtered animal’s internal organs or intestines to heal his ailments. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote the Overture To Don Giovanni on the morning of the concert while having a hangover from drinking too much the night before. The German composer, Richard Strauss, was on the cover of Time Magazine in 19. He was so meticulous that he counted 60 coffee beans each time he drank a cup of coffee (and he drank A LOT of coffee). As a result, Beethoven developed obsessive tendencies. Ludwig Van Beethoven endured severe punishment from his drunken father during his childhood. ![]() The Austrian composer, Franz Shubert, was 5’1” earning him the name “Schwammerl,” which means “Little Mushroom,” given to him by his friends due to his short height. ![]() When the real skull was restored in 1954, the substitute wasn’t removed. His head was stolen and a replacement skull was put in his tomb. When he was a teenager, he cut off one of the pigtails of a fellow choir boy (choir boys during this time wore their hair in pigtails), which led him to be expelled. The Norwegian composer, Edvard Grieg, rubbed a frog figurine in his pocket for good luck before concerts.įranz Joseph Haydn had a great sense of humor that got him into serious trouble. ![]()
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