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Laurie's avatar

Will - thanks for the Chopin. One of my favorites of his, and yet I don't think I ever recall knowing it was called Tristesse. One of the 1st LP's I bought in high school was all Chopin Waltzes, Etudes, Mazurkas, etc. by Jose Inturbi (didn't know anything about him at that time), but it was ALL Chopin and on a closeout sale! And this piece was on it ❤️.

Listener Jeremy - So, do they make fabulous synthetic reeds for French Horns? Asking for a friend . . . 😉

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Tone Prose's avatar

From the language, the musical style, and (most importantly) the clue, I (Will) will wager two guesses: Jean Jacques Rousseau. Along the same line of philosopher-composers, I might also throw ETA Hoffmann into the mix, but his whole thing was being German, so...

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