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Mikael Rasmusson <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 4 Jun 1999 09:16:01 +0100
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Len Fehskens wrote:

>I don't know about Debussy, but I believe there is an anecdote about
>Brahms falling asleep while Liszt performed his (Lizst's) piano sonata.

Unfortunately, it's more than an anecdote, since it seems to be true.  It's
mentioned in Alan Walker's Liszt biography as well as in a recent Brahms
biography (I don't remember the author).

Mikael
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