welcome, marginal revolution readers!
Fabio
Hello, Marginal Revolution readers and welcome to orgtheory.net – your source for daily insights into management theory, sociology, economics, and whatever else we find interesting! In the spirit of Tyler Cowen, who linked to us today, here’s a fun trivia question about classical music: Who was Glenn Gould’s favorite composer?
Look under the fold for the answer:
Orlando Gibbons! I learned that surprising tidbit and a lot more about Gould and his career by watching the enjoyable DVD Glenn Gould – The Alchemist. Fun question for the comments: what other famous musicians have unusual or unexpected inspirations?
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Not in music, but painting, Picasso surprisingly was inspired by Velazquez – see these two paintings (the bottom of the Velazquez wiki entry also notes Velazquez’s influence on Bacon and Dali).
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Teppo
September 17, 2006 at 4:04 am
I read once that Devo was Kurt Cobain‘s favorite band…
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Omar
September 17, 2006 at 12:16 pm