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In Bach:

In 20th-Century popular music:

1) Beethoven was an absolute mess - he would leave half full chamber pots underneath his piano and his friends used to sneak into his house to replace his dirty clothing with new, clean pairs (he was completely unaware of the clothing exchange, and never noticed)

2) after his death, Haydn’s head was decapitated and stolen. his body was dug up about 10 years after his death, and it was discovered his skull was completely missing. they discovered the culprits, who turned over a completely different skull and kept Haydn’s for themselves. Haydn’s skull was finally discovered 123 years after his death but the fake skull was never removed from his grave. to this day, there are two heads buried in Haydn’s tomb.

3) when Stravinsky debuted his ballet Rite of Spring, the audience was absolutely shocked by the untraditionally inharmonic piece & sharp, unnatural choreography - so shocked that they began rioting during the performance. the rioting was so loud, the dancers could not hear the music on the stage, and the beat had to be shouted so they could continue.

Stravinsky

Shostakovich

Ravel

Vaughan Williams

Cage