Spanking Rossini

“Rossini would have been a great composer if his teacher had spanked him enough on the backside.” — Ludwig van Beethoven

  1. John commented on September 25th, 2007:

    Good quote, been studying Beethoven for years never heard that one before, but then again Beethoven is the superior composer.

    Great blog keep up the good work.

  2. David commented on October 5th, 2007:

    Heheh! Hey! That’s kind of apt! Rossini was a lazy old blimp sometimes! With a tendency to re-use music shamelessly and basically compose the same frothy stuff all his life – which puts him in the same category as most of the modern commercial singers that plague the world these days – all of which sound the same and ALL of which should be spanked by their music teachers!! Every single one of them. Right now. In a long line. If it’ll bring a few more Beethovens into being I’d spank them myself. Hmmm – i sense an interesting, moral and satisfying dream coming on . . .

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