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Mon, 23 Jul 2001 08:07:55 -0400
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Thomas Boyce <[log in to unmask]>
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It may have been the first String Quartet.  The young Grieg visited the old
Liszt and showed him his quartet.  Liszt sightread the thing, improving the
harmony as he went along.  Grieg was stunned, despondent.  Liszt encouraged
him to keep composing.

--T. Boyce

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