Laurence Sherwood responds to Jim Tobin:
>>What other composers have famously destroyed their own works?
>
>Paul Dukas destroyed most of his works, shortly before he died, I think.
I think he actually destroyed about 50%, leaving a dozen or so compositions.
However, he was such a perfectionist that I believe he destroyed numerous
other works rather earlier.
Deryk Barker
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