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You may not be aware of this but Leonard Bernstein won another award, for explaining the music of Igor Stravinsky... to Igor Stravinsky!

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Victor Borge
Age: 91 †
Born: 1909
Born: January 3
Died: 2000
Died: December 23
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Børge Rosenbaum
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Well, all's fair in love, war and fooling the critics.
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It (the double-clarinet in India) was primarily used for snake charming, since the snake would do almost anything to get the Indians to stop playing it.
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The oboe sounds like a clarinet with a cold.
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A Smile is a curve which can set a lot of things straight.
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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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I do not have a single white note on my piano my elephant smoked too much.
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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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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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I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I've saved all year.
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Flint must be an extremely wealthy town: I see that each of you bought two or three seats.
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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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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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Many people have asked me why there are three pedals in these grand pianos. Well the pedal in the middle is there to separate the two other pedals.
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I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible? and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary.
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There are three Bachs. Johann, Sebastian and Offen.
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...the elephant smoked too much.
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The first piano was built long after they didn't have any at all.
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