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Beethoven wrote in three flats a lot. That's because he moved twice.

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Victor Borge
Age: 91 †
Born: 1909
Born: January 3
Died: 2000
Died: December 23
Actor
Comedian
Composer
Conductor
Pianist
Stand-Up Comedian
København
Børge Rosenbaum
Three
Beethoven
Flats
Twice
Wrote
Moved

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And now, in honour of the 150th anniversary of Beethoven's death, I would like to play 'Clear the Saloon', er, 'Clair de Lune', by Debussy. I don't play Beethoven so well, but I play Debussy very badly, and Beethoven would have liked that.
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Did you know that Mozart had no arms and no legs? I've seen statues of him on people's pianos.
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The elephant smoked too much.(explaining why the keys of his piano were so yellow)
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What is the difference between a Nazi and a dog?The Nazi lifts his arm.
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When I was a little boy and played Liebestraum, my father used to hit me on the head with a newspaper every time I slopped the cadenza . . . I hate Liebestraum.
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One afternoon, when I was four years old, my father came home, and he found me in the living room in front of a roaring fire, which made him very angry. Because we didn't have a fireplace.
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The conductor is a peculiar person. He turns his back on his friends in the audience, shakes a stick at his players in the orchestra, and then wonders why nobody loves him.
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The essence of a general's job is to assist in developing a clear sense of purpose . to keep the junk from getting in the way of important things.
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(Referring to the piano's natural shape) Isn't it a shame when those big fat opera singers lean against the pianos and bend them?
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I only know two pieces one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't.
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Mendelssohn never wrote any Water Music. However, he wrote the Scotch Symphony, which is even better, or at least stronger.
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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I know [canned music] makes chickens lay more eggs and factory workers produce more. But how much more can they get out of you on an elevator?
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My father invented a cure for which there was no disease and unfortunately my mother caught it and died of it.
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How nice. Now the Germans can sleep in peace, knowing that they will not be invaded by us.
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Read (this book), smile, enjoy, and if you happen to learn something along the way, don't get upset.
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I normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so.
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The first piano was built long after they didn't have any at all.
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He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.
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In my youth, I wanted to be a great pantomimist -- but I found I had nothing to say.
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