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- WORKS CITED
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- Dougherty, Steve, ôNo Way Out.ö People Weekly April 25 1994. Pg. 38
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- Goulding, Phil G. Classical Music New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1992
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- Rosen, Craig, ôCobain death spurs rush at retail; biz talk turns to bands
- unreleased work.ö Billboard April 23 1994. Pg. 9
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- Schoenberg, Harold C. The Lives of the Great Composers. New York, London:
- WW Norton & CO., 1981
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- Seidenberg, Robert, ôThe Day the Demons Won.ö Entertainment Weekly April 7
- 1995. Pg. 108
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- Franz Liszt was one of many classical composers. In some ways, he
- can be compared to a modern rock and roll star.
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- Franz Liszt was born in Raiding, Hungary, on October 22, 1811.
- Much like Mozart, he was a very great piano player at a very young age.
- Liszt composed an opera called Don Sancho at the age of fourteen.
- Professionals of LisztÆs time thought that he was only a genius with the piano,
- which was not enough to give his ideas the great recognition they deserved.
- Many people thought that Liszt was ôa mover and a shaker, a rebel, chased
- women, and had much talent and personality." He had invented the solo
- recital. When Liszt had a concert, he usually played his own music and came
- out wearing decorations hanging on chains, which was unusual for his time.
- For two years Liszt was hospitalized for a nervous breakdown. In some ways
- he was much like Kurt Cobain, the late lead singer of the rock band Nirvana.
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- Kurt Cobain was born on February 20, 1967, in Aberdeen, Washington.
- He was passed on to several relatives after his parents divorced when he was
- eight years old. For some time he even lived under a bridge and was
- hospitalized for a heroin addiction. It was not entirely unexpected that Cobain
- committed suicide. He had had entered a coma by overdosing on a mixture
- of champagne and tranquilizers on March 4. Also, KurtÆs family history
- showed that two of his fatherÆs uncles committed suicide, along with the fact
- that there were a lot of dysfunctional marriages and alcoholism present.
- During a concert, Kurt would jerk around as if he was being electrocuted.
- After his death, the sale of Nirvana memorabilia increased dramatically.
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- As you can see, both Franz Liszt and Kurt Cobain have some
- characteristics in common. They had both been hospitalized for an illness.
- However, one was physical while the other was mental. Both had unusual
- concert styles. Like many classical composers, Kurt was not truly appreciated
- until his death, as shown by the fact that the sale of Nirvana memorabilia
- increased.
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