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I just listened to the symphony that made Brahms see red. A very promising and surprisingly mature piece, truly worthy of Bruckner's admiration.
And I thought Juan Crisostomo Arriaga had a tragic life! How could Brahms have behaved like such a VERBRECHER=BULLY???
The officer with a Russian name once mentioned an old lady from LENINGRAD. What is Leningrad?