QOTD
"A young musician of unhealthily sensitive nature and endowed with vivid imagination has poisoned himself with opium in a paroxysm of lovesick despair."
- Berlioz description of his "Symphonie Fantastique"
So, in 1830, Berlioz gets hammered and writes a half hour symphony for some hot chick. He was 26 at the time... one year older than Hol.

My next (excellent) CSO experience in a couple weeks (I'm going with Holly) features Berlioz's "Symphonie Fantastique". Excellent.

QOTD2
“For 37 years I've practiced 14 hours a day, and now they call me a genius”
- Pablo de Sarasate, violinist (quote)
peace... yow, bill

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