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Re: Does Anyone Still Compose Classical Music?
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Steven Schwartz <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sun, 31 Oct 1999 14:36:10 -0600
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Joe Hagedorn:

>Most recent classical music composers I've heard are from over a hundred
>years old.  The most recent seem to be about fifty years ago.  Is anyone
>still writing classical music? Are there any Mozarts or Beethovens alive
>today?

No.  Both families died out long before now.  The last good composers
with the family names "Mozart" and "Beethoven" died in 1791 and 1827,
respectively.

Steve Schwartz

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