I remember reading once upon a time, long long ago that Mahler was
convinced that if he finished his ninth symphony he would die. 
Therefore he started on the tenth before finishing the ninth.

How about Kallinnikov,
Gretchaninov
Nielson
Balakirev
Rimsky-Korsakov
Borodin

Can you guess I favor Russian music?

Jim Arnold
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