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Inspiration Can’t Be Taught: Four Musical Autodidacts

Posted by Mahlerman in Lazy Sunday Afternoon Nov, 22 2015 1 Comment

Four greats who proved that inspiration cannot be taught in music lessons... It was the gruff Johannes Brahms who said 'Study Bach - there you will find everything'. But it took the promotion of this great master in the second quarter of the 19th Century by Felix Mendelssohn, and his steady ... Read More...

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