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'Of which composer was it said that he spent his life rewriting the same symphony, giving it a different number each time'
Many thanks Sue
'Of which composer was it said that he spent his life rewriting the same symphony, giving it a different number each time'
Many thanks Sue
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I have searched the web but cannot find the answer.
It could be a number of composers.
I think it could be someone who wrote a lot of symphones.
Haydn wrote over a 100 symphonies and unless you were an expert could all sound very similar.
Mozart wrote over 40, but I am not sure anyone could accuse him of rewriting the same symphony.
Some lesser known early composers (1700s) wrote a large number of symphones (in the days when they were very short and just used as background music at parties)
Bruckner only wrote a few symphones, but he did keep rewriting them and republishing them in different forms during his life.
My guess is that it is a fairly obscure composer of the 1700s who wrote 50 or more symphones. Your guess is as good as mine.
If not then, and I have nothing to base this on, but would say Haydn as he is the most famous composer to write over 100 symphonies.
It could be a number of composers.
I think it could be someone who wrote a lot of symphones.
Haydn wrote over a 100 symphonies and unless you were an expert could all sound very similar.
Mozart wrote over 40, but I am not sure anyone could accuse him of rewriting the same symphony.
Some lesser known early composers (1700s) wrote a large number of symphones (in the days when they were very short and just used as background music at parties)
Bruckner only wrote a few symphones, but he did keep rewriting them and republishing them in different forms during his life.
My guess is that it is a fairly obscure composer of the 1700s who wrote 50 or more symphones. Your guess is as good as mine.
If not then, and I have nothing to base this on, but would say Haydn as he is the most famous composer to write over 100 symphonies.
I would have said Bruckner, and this person agrees
http://frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs/classical /2006/09/bruckner-pleasant-surprise.asp
http://frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs/classical /2006/09/bruckner-pleasant-surprise.asp
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