[Fmpro] Bad composers/arrangers

[Chris Alpiar]

OK I have confirmed that THAT conductor would be Sir Georg Solti. I talked
with an old buddy from Berklee and he thinks its Toscanini that is the one
that stabbed someone else in the eye, but neither can remember the exact
details and I cant find anything about it on the internet. Lol one of these
days I will figure the story out, until then lets create a new great urban
legend hah

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[mailto:fmpro-bounces+chris=alpiar.com at nxport.com] On Behalf Of Rolin Mains
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 1:02 PM
To: fmpro at nxport.com
Subject: Re: [Fmpro] Bad composers/arrangers

i've heard of a conductor who, during a particularly dramatic passage of
music, stabbed himself in the eye.  but he didn't die.

Rolin Mains

> From: Chris Alpiar <chris at alpiar.com>
> Reply-To: <fmpro at nxport.com>
> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:55:16 -0500
> To: <fmpro at nxport.com>
> Subject: Re: [Fmpro] Bad composers/arrangers
> 
> Who is the composer that killed his concert master by stabbing him in the
> eye with his baton? When asked his plea, he said he killed him in self
> defense, "He killed my music so I defended myself" or something like that.
I
> think it was an eastern Europe or Russian composer, tho for the life of me
I
> cant remember who. It was a story they told to us in a history of music
> class at Berklee College of Music.