Janos:
> Can you remember the first piece of classical music that inspired you?
> A great question, although I wonder about "inspire." Impressed? Moved?
> Enchanted?
OK -- I'll bite. For me it was the Tchaikovsky B-flat minor piano
concerto followed almost immediately by the 4th symphony. These 78
rpm record albums were given to me by my grandfather when I was between
8 and 10 years old. I played them on a hand-cranked Victrola. The
collection was soon augmented by the Beethoven Emperor and the Archduke
Trio. I wore the grooves right off of those old disks. Wonderful stuff!
I think it was the Tchaikovsky more than anything that made me want to
be a composer. That shows how dangerous these things can be!
David Lamb
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