[Fmpro] Bad composers/arrangers

[Dana DiAnda]

Speaking of conductors jabbing themselves with the baton, and composers 
shooting themselves in the foot... Jean Baptiste Lully (French baroque 
composer), was conducting with a very large baton (more of a staff that 
he pounded the tempo on the floor with), when he got carried away and 
smashed his foot with it. He got gangrene in the wound and eventually 
died from it.

Lully's one of the minor characters in the film 'All the Mornings of the 
World' - there's a cool scene with him conducting with the staff-baton 
thing. (No foot smashing though).
>> note to self:
>> keep pointy objects away from the conductor.
>>
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> Excellent! Now let's hear the best tales of composers shooting ourselves in 
> the foot!
>
> Weightings, tracking, unaccountability, secret industry stats on music usage, 
> forfeiture of certain mechanicals, apathy during industry elections starts my 
> list.
>
> Since it's my first post of 2007 -- Happy New Year!
>
> Very best,
>