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Once, somebody asked Robert Schumann to explain the meaning of a certain piece of music he had just played on the piano. What Robert Schumann did was sit back down at the piano and play the piece of music again.

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David Markson
Age: 82 †
Born: 1927
Born: December 20
Died: 2010
Died: June 4
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David Merrill Markson
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