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Keith Emerson Net Worth
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Total Net Worth at the moment 2024 year – is about $67,7 Million.
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Keith Emerson information Birth date: November 2, 1944 Birth place: Todmorden, West Riding of Yorkshire, England Profession:Music Department, Soundtrack, Composer
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How tall is Keith Emerson – 1,74m.
How much weight is Keith Emerson – 75kg
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Keith Noel Emerson (born 2 November 1944) is an English keyboardist and composer. He was formerly a member of the Keith Emerson Trio, John Browns Bodies, The T-Bones, The V.I.P.s, P.P. Arnolds backing band, The Nice, and in 1970 a founder of Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP), one of the early supergroups. Following the break-up of ELP, circa 1979, Emerson had modest success with Emerson, Lake & Powell in the 1980s as well as with 3, with the album To the Power of Three. ELP reunited during the early 1990s, releasing the album Black Moon. Emerson also reunited The Nice in 2002 for a tour. His latest album, Keith Emerson Band featuring Marc Bonilla, was released in 2008.Along with contemporaries Richard Wright of Pink Floyd, Tony Banks of Genesis, Billy Ritchie of Clouds, Rick Wakeman of Yes, and Jon Lord of Deep Purple, Emerson is widely regarded as one of the top keyboard players of the progressive rock era. Allmusic refers to Emerson as perhaps the greatest, most technically accomplished keyboardist in rock history.
Biography,Early yearsEmerson was born on 2 November 1944 in Todmorden, Yorkshire, his family having been evacuated there from southern England during the Second World War. He grew up in Goring-by-Sea, a seaside resort near Worthing in West Sussex,[15][page needed] and attended West Tarring School.[16] His parents were amateur musicians and arranged for him to take piano lessons starting at the age of 8. His father, Noel, played the piano, and thought that Emerson would benefit most from being versatile and being able to read music.[17] However, he never received any formal musical training, and described his piano teachers as being local little old ladies.[18] He learned western classical music, which largely inspired his own style, combining it with jazz and rock themes.Although Emerson did not own a record player, he enjoyed listening to music on the radio, particularly Floyd Cramers 1961 slip note-style On the Rebound and the work of Dudley Moore. He used jazz sheet music from Dave Brubeck and George Shearing and learned about jazz piano from books. He also listened to boogie-woogie, and to country-style pianists including Joe Mr Piano Henderson, Russ Conway and Winifred Atwell. Emerson later described himself: I was a very serious child. I used to walk around with Beethoven sonatas under my arm. However, I was very good at avoiding being beaten up by the bullies. That was because I could also play Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard songs. So, they thought I was kind of cool and left me alone.[17]Emerson became interested in the Hammond organ after hearing jazz organist Jack McDuff perform Rock Candy, and the Hammond became his instrument of choice in the late 1960s. Emerson acquired his first Hammond organ, an L-100 model, at the age of 15 or 16, on hire purchase.[19] After leaving school he worked at Lloyds Bank Registrars where he played piano in the bar at lunchtimes.[16] Outside work, he played with several different bands. The flamboyance for which he would later be noted began when a fight broke out during a performance in France by one of his early bands, the V.I.P.s. Instructed by the band to keep playing, he produced some explosion and machine gun sounds with the Hammond organ, which stopped the fight. The other band members told him to repeat the stunt at the next concert.[20][page needed]The NiceIn 1967, Emerson formed the Nice with Lee Jackson, David OList and Ian Hague, to back soul singer P. P. Arnold. After replacing Hague with Brian Davison, the group set out on its own, quickly developing a strong live following. The groups sound was centred on Emersons Hammond organ showmanship and abuse of the instrument, and their radical rearrangements of classical music themes as symphonic rock.[21][22][23][24]To increase the visual interest of his show, Emerson would abuse his Hammond L-100 organ by, among other things, hitting it, beating it with a whip, pushing it over, riding it across the stage like a horse, playing with it lying on top of him, and wedging knives into the keyboard.[18][25] Some of these actions also produced musical sound effects: hitting the organ caused it to make explosion-like sounds,[26] turning it over made it feed back, and the knives held down keys, thus sustaining notes. Emersons show with the Nice has been cited as having a strong influence on heavy metal musicians.[22]Emerson became well known for his work with the Nice.[22] Outside of the group, he participated in the 1969 Music from Free Creek supersession project that included Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck. For the session, Emerson performed with drummer Mitch Mitchell and bassist Chuck Rainey covering, among other tunes, the Eddie Harris instrumental Freedom Jazz Dance.[27][28]Emerson first heard a Moog when a record shop owner played Switched-On Bach for him. Emerson said, My God thats incredible, what is that played on? The owner then showed him the album cover. So I said, What is that? And he said, Thats the Moog synthesizer. My first impression was that it looked a bit like electronic skiffle.[20] Without one of his own, Emerson borrowed Mike Vickers Moog for an upcoming Nice concert at the Royal Festival Hall, London, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Vickers helped patch the Moog, and the concert was a success. Emersons performance of Also sprach Zarathustra from the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey was acclaimed. Emerson later explained, I thought this was great. Ive got to have one of these.[20]Emerson, Lake and PalmerExternal video Oral History, Emerson talks about acquiring his first Moog synthesizer which formed the basis for Emerson, Lake and Palmers first record. Interview date 29 August 2009, NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) Oral History LibraryIn 1970, Emerson left the Nice and formed Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP) with bassist Greg Lake from King Crimson and drummer Carl Palmer from Atomic Rooster. Within a few months, the band played its first shows and recorded its first album, having quickly obtained a record deal with Atlantic Records. ELP became popular immediately after their 1970 Isle of Wight Festival performance, and continued to tour regularly throughout the 1970s. Not all were impressed, with BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel describing their Isle of Wight set as [a] waste of talent and electricity.[29] Their set, with a half-million onlookers, involved annihilating their instruments in a classical-rock blitz and firing cannons from the stage.[30] Recalling the gig in a 2002 interview, Emerson said: We tried the cannons out on a field near Heathrow airport … They seemed harmless enough. Today we would have been arrested as terrorists.[29]Use of synthesizers in ELPELPs record deal provided funds for Emerson to buy his own Moog modular synthesizer. He later said, It cost a lot of money and it arrived and I excitedly got it out of the box stuck it on the table and thought, Wow Thats Great! a Moog synthesizer [pause] How do you switch it on? … There were all these leads and stuff, there was no instruction manual. The patch which had been provided by Mike Vickers produced six distinctive Moog sounds, and these six became the foundation of ELPs sound.[20]Emerson performing in concert with Emerson, Lake & Palmer in 1977While other artists such as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones had used the Moog in studio recordings, Emerson was the first artist to tour with one. His use of the Moog was so critical to the development of new Moog models that he was given prototypes, such as the Constellation, which he took on one tour,[20] and the Apollo, which had its debut on the opening track Jerusalem on the 1973 album Brain Salad Surgery.[31]The Moog was a temperamental device, the oscillators went out of tune with temperature change. He later said, I had my faithful roady Rocky tune the instrument to A 440 just prior to the audience coming in, but once the audience came into the auditorium and the temperature rose up then everything went out of tune.[20]His willingness to experiment with the Moog led to unexpected results, such as the time he stumbled into the signature sound for Hoedown, one of ELPs most popular tunes. He later said, Wed started working on that arrangement and then I hit, I dont know what, I switched a blue button and I put a patch cord in there, but anyway whoooeee.[20]The so-called Monster Moog, built from numerous modules, weighed 550 pounds (250 kg), stood 10 feet (3 m) feet tall and took four roadies to move. Even with its unpredictability, it became an indispensable component of not only ELPs concerts, but also Emersons own.[32]As synthesiser technology evolved, Emerson went on to use a variety of other synthesisers made by Moog and other companies, including the Minimoog, the Yamaha GX-1 used on ELPs Works Volume 1 album, and several models by Korg (see Instrumentation).As composer and arrangerEmerson performed several notable rock arrangements of classical compositions, ranging from J. S. Bach via Modest Mussorgsky to 20th-century composers such as Bela Bartok, Aaron Copland, Leos Janacek and Alberto Ginastera. Occasionally Emerson quoted from classical and jazz works without giving credit, particularly early in his career, from the late 1960s until 1972.[33][34] An early example of Emersons arranging was the song Rondo by the Nice, which is a 4/4 interpretation of Dave Brubecks 9/8 composition Blue Rondo a la Turk.[35] The piece is introduced by an extensive excerpt from the 3rd movement of Bachs Italian Concerto.[17]On ELPs eponymous first album, Emersons classical quotes went largely uncredited. Classical pianist Peter Donohoe has said that The Barbarian was an arrangement of Allegro barbaro by Bartok, and that Knife Edge was based on the main theme of the opening movement of Sinfonietta by Janacek.[36] By 1971, with the releases Pictures at an Exhibition and Trilogy, ELP began to fully credit classical composers, including Modest Mussorgsky for the piano piece which inspired the Pictures album, and Aaron Copland for Hoedown on the Trilogy album. Emerson indicated in an interview that he based his version of Pictures at an Exhibition on Mussorgskys original piano composition, rather than on Maurice Ravels later orchestration of the work.[37]Following ELPs 1974 tour, the members agreed to put the band on temporary hiatus and pursue individual solo projects. During this time, Emerson composed his Piano Concerto No. 1 and recorded it with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.[38] According to Emerson, he was motivated by critical comments suggesting that he relied upon adapting classical works because he was unable to write his own music, and further motivated by the London Philharmonic who werent that helpful to begin with and had the attitude of Whats a rock musician doing writing a piano concerto?[37] Emerson said, I wanted people to say, look, Im a composer, I do write my own music, and what greater challenge than to write a piano concerto.[38] The recording later appeared on ELPs album Works Volume 1. Emersons concerto has since been performed by classical pianists, most notably Jeffrey Biegel, who has performed it several times and recorded it with Emersons permission.[37][39]In 1976, while still in ELP, Emerson also released his first solo record, the single Honky Tonk Train Blues b/w Barrelhouse Shake-Down. Honky Tonk Train Blues, Emersons cover of a 1927 boogie-woogie piano song by Meade Lux Lewis, reached #21 on the UK Singles Chart.[40][41]TheatricsEmerson in the mid-1980sIn addition to his technical skills at playing and composing, Emerson was a theatrical performer.[42] He cited guitarist Jimi Hendrix and organist Don Shinn as his chief theatrical influences. While in ELP, Emerson continued to some degree the physical abuse of his Hammond organ that he had developed with the Nice, including playing the organ upside down while having it lie over him and using knives to wedge down specific keys and sustain notes during solos. In addition to using his knives on the organ, he also engaged in knife throwing onstage, using a target fastened to his keyboard rig.[43] He was given his trademark knife, an authentic Nazi dagger, by Lemmy, who was a roadie for the Nice in his earlier days.[44]Over time, Emerson toned down his act with the organ in response to ELPs greater reliance on spectacular stage props. For example, during the Brain Salad Surgery tour, at the end of the show, a sequencer in Emersons Moog Modular synthesiser was set running at an increasing rate, with the synthesiser pivoting to face the audience while emitting smoke and deploying a large pair of silver bat wings from its back.[45]One of Emersons memorable live show stunts with ELP involved playing a piano suspended 15 to 20 feet in mid-air and then rotated end-over-end with Emerson sitting at it. This was purely for visual effect, as according to Greg Lake, the piano was fake and had no works inside.[46] In a 2014 interview with Classic Rock Music journalist Ray Shasho, Emerson was asked about the origin of the flying piano and about the difficulty of performing while spinning in the air. He explained:I think having a pilots licence helped a little bit. One of my road crew said we found this guy that used to work in the circus and he does a lot of things for TV and special effects and hes made something that might interest you, its a piano that spins round, and I immediately responded, oh that sounds interesting. I happened to be within the New York area and I was driven over to Long Island to a guy called Bob McCarthy, and there in the background he had this piano situated. So he called his wife down from upstairs and said, darling could you demonstrate this for Keith? I looked on, I wasnt quite sure what to expect. His wife comes down and sits on the seat and up she goes in the air and proceeds to spin around. I thought, well thats great! Then Bob asked me, do you want to have a go at it? … Yea, okay. You need to understand, below the keyboard theres an inverted-tee, like a bar. You wrap your legs around the down pipe and put your heels under the inverted-tee. Then you go up in the air and try and do your best to play. It was a little difficult to play at first because of the centrifugal force, so it wasnt easy. I think we actually used it for the first time at Madison Square Garden, it was a Christmas concert. People in the audience were so astounded they couldnt quite believe what they were seeing. Later on that coming year the California Jam came up and I said we have to do that there. Bob drove the whole contraption down to the California Jam and there was very little space to set it up. There were loads of bands up on that stage, all having to do their set and then getting their equipment off. Now, with the moog, the Hammonds, Carls gongs and everything, it was hard enough to just get that off stage. We had the spinning piano and everything that went along with it and we tried to find a place to situate it. It ended up going just at the end of the stage, so when the piano went up it was literally over the heads of the audience. After that every TV show I did came the question … Keith, how do you spin around on that piano? Id say what about my music? When I had the honor of meeting the great jazz pianist Dave Brubeck just before he died, he said, Keith youve got to tell me how do you spin around on that piano? Dave Brubeck was 90 years old then and I said, Dave, dont try it![47]The spinning piano was part of ELPs stage show only for a short time due to the complexity of the stunt and the number of injuries sustained by Emerson while performing it, including many finger injuries and a broken nose.[46] Emerson wanted to use the spinning piano again at ELPs 2010 reunion concert at the High Voltage Festival in London, but was forbidden from using it by the local authority who said that the plans did not meet Health and Safety standards.[47]1980s–1990s careerAfter ELP disbanded in 1979, Emerson pursued a variety of projects during the 1980s and 1990s, including solo releases, soundtrack work and other bands. In the early 1990s, Emerson rejoined the reunited ELP, but the group broke up again by the end of that decade.[48]Solo careerIn 1981, Emerson released his debut solo album, Honky. Recorded in the Bahamas with local musicians, it departed from Emersons usual style in featuring calypso and reggae songs, and was generally not well received,[49] except in Italy where it was a hit.[48] Emersons subsequent solo releases were sporadic, including a Christmas album in 1988, and the album Changing States (also known as Cream of Emerson Soup) recorded in 1989 but not released until 1995, after several of its songs had already been re-recorded and released in different versions on ELPs 1992 comeback album Black Moon. Changing States also contained an orchestral remake of the ELP song Abaddons Bolero with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and The Church, which Emerson composed for the 1989 Michele Soavi horror film of the same name.[50]Soundtrack workIn the 1980s, Emerson began to write and perform music for films, as his orchestral and classical style was more suited for film work than for the new wave-dominated pop/ rock market.[49] Films for which Emerson contributed soundtrack music include Dario Argentos Inferno (1980), the action thriller Nighthawks (1981) starring Sylvester Stallone, (1984 film) Best Revenge, notable because he collaborated with Brad Delp from the band Boston on this soundtrack, that also featured an instrumental piece called Dream Runner that became a standard solo performance piece for Emerson during at ELP shows throughout the next decade, Lucio Fulcis Murder Rock (1984), and Michele Soavis The Church (also known as La chiesa) (1989).[51] He was also the composer for the short-lived 1994 US animated television series Iron Man.[52][53]1980s and 1990s bandsStarting in the mid-1980s, Emerson formed several short-lived supergroups. The first two, Emerson, Lake & Powell (with Lake and ex-Rainbow drummer Cozy Powell)[54] and 3 (with Palmer and American multi-instrumentalist Robert Berry), were intended to carry on in the general style of ELP in the absence of one of the original members.[55] Emerson, Lake & Powell had some success,[54] and their sole album is considered one of the best of both Emersons and Lakes careers.[48] Progressive rock analyst Edward Macan wrote that Emerson, Lake & Powell were closer to the classic ELP sound than ELPs own late-1970s output.[56] By contrast, 3s only album sold poorly[48][55] and drew comparisons to the worst moments of Love Beach[56] (which had been a commercial disaster for ELP[57]).Emerson performing with ELP in 1992Emerson also toured briefly in 1990 with The Best, a supergroup including John Entwistle of The Who, Joe Walsh of the Eagles, Jeff Skunk Baxter of Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers, and Simon Phillips of Toto). This project focused on covering songs from each of the members past bands.[58][59]In the early 1990s, Emerson formed the short-lived group Aliens of Extraordinary Ability with Stuart Smith, Richie Onori, Marvin Sperling and Robbie Wyckoff. The groups name came from the application process for a US work visa, and the members included several British musicians who, like Emerson, had come to Los Angeles to further their careers.[60] The group turned down a record deal with Samsung because of Emersons commitment to an ELP reunion and Smiths involvement with a possible reformation of The Sweet.[61]1990s ELP reformationIn 1991, ELP reformed for two more albums (Black Moon (1992) and In the Hot Seat (1994)) and world tours in 1992–1993. After the 1993 tour, Emerson was forced to take a year off from playing due to a nerve condition affecting his right hand (see Health issues). Following his recovery, ELP resumed touring in 1996, including a successful US tour with Jethro Tull, but broke up again in August 1998.[48]2000–2016 careerEmerson participated in the Nices reunion tour and a 40th anniversary show for ELP, preceded by a short duo tour with Greg Lake. Apart from these reunions, he continued his solo career, releasing solo and soundtrack albums, touring with his own Keith Emerson Band, and making occasional guest appearances. Starting in 2010, he increasingly focused on orchestral collaborations. A documentary film based on his autoBiography, was reportedly in production at the time of his death in 2016.Reunion showsIn 2002 Emerson reformed and toured with the Nice, though performing a longer set of ELP music using a backing band including guitarist/vocalist Dave Kilminster.[62] During the spring of 2010, he toured with Greg Lake in the United States and Canada, doing a series of Intimate Evening duo shows in which they performed newly arranged versions of the music of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, the Nice, and King Crimson as well as Emersons new original composition.[63][64][65] On 25 July 2010, a one-off Emerson, Lake & Palmer reunion concert closed the High Voltage Festival as the main act in Victoria Park, East London, to commemorate the bands 40th anniversary.[63][66]Solo career and Keith Emerson BandEmerson continued his solo and soundtrack work into the 2000s. His solo releases included the all-piano album Emerson Plays Emerson (2002),[29] several compilations, and contributions to Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin tribute albums (see Discography). He also wrote the soundtrack for the Japanese kaiju film Godzilla: Final Wars (2004).[51]Following the August 2008 release of the album Keith Emerson Band Featuring Marc Bonilla,[67] Emerson also toured with his own self-named band in Russia, the Baltic States and Japan between August and October 2008. The tour band members were Marc Bonilla, Travis Davis and Tony Pia.[68][69]Orchestral collaborationsJapanese composer Takashi Yoshimatsu worked with Emerson to create an arrangement of ELPs song Tarkus, which premiered on 14 March 2010, performed by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra.[47][70] Yoshimatsus arrangement has been featured in multiple live performances and two live recordings.[71]In September 2011, Emerson began working with Norwegian conductor Terje Mikkelsen, along with the Keith Emerson Band featuring Marc Bonilla and the Munich Radio Orchestra, on new orchestral renditions of ELP classics and their new compositions. The project The Three Fates was premiered in Norway in early September 2012, supervised by Norwegian professor and musician Bjorn Ole Rasch for the Norwegian Simax label.[72][73] The work received its UK live premiere on 10 July 2015 at Londons Barbican Centre, with the BBC Concert Orchestra, as part of the celebration of the life and work of Dr Robert Moog.[74]Emerson made his conducting debut with Orchestra Kentucky of Bowling Green, Kentucky in September 2013. In October 2014, Emerson conducted the South Shore Symphony at his 70th birthday tribute concert at Molloy College in Rockville Centre, New York. The concert also featured the premiere of his Three String Quartets,[75] and a performance of Emersons Piano Concerto No. 1 by Jeffrey Biegel.[76][77][78]Other appearances and activitiesEmerson with his Monster Moog synthesiser, May 2010In 2000, Emerson was a featured panelist and performer at The Keyboard Meets Modern Technology, an event honouring Moog presented by the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., in conjunction with a gallery exhibition celebrating the 300th anniversary of the piano.[79][80] Emerson later headlined both the first and third Moogfest, a festival held in honour of Robert Moog, at the B. B. King Blues Club & Grill at Times Square in New York City, in 2004 and 2006 respectively.[81][82]Emerson opened the Led Zeppelin reunion/Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert at the O2 Arena in London on 10 December 2007,[83] along with Chris Squire and Alan White (Yes) and Simon Kirke (Bad Company/Free). The supergroup played a new arrangement of Fanfare for the Common Man.[84] Emerson also made a guest appearance in 2009 on Spinal Taps album Back from the Dead,[85] and played on several songs at Spinal Taps One Night Only World Tour at Wembley Arena on 30 June 2009.[86][87][88]In 2004 Emerson published his autoBiography, entitled Pictures of an Exhibitionist, which dealt with his life up to his nearly career-ending nerve-graft surgery in 1993.[89][90] In 2007, Emerson began working with Canadian independent filmmaker Jason Woodford to make a documentary film based on his autoBiography, .[91][92] As of March 2016, production was still ongoing and the filmmakers were seeking funding to finish the film, according to the webpage of an artists management company representing Emerson.[93]Personal life and deathPersonal lifeEmerson married his Danish girlfriend, Elinor, around Christmas 1969.[94] They had two sons, Aaron and Damon,[95] but later divorced.[96] He later had a long-term relationship with Mari Kawaguchi.[97]Emerson enjoyed flying as a hobby, and obtained his pilots licence in 1972. When Emerson moved to Santa Monica, California in the mid-1990s, John Lydon, who had openly and harshly criticized ELP during the 1970s when Lydon was a member of the punk band Sex Pistols, was Emersons neighbour.[29] The two became friends, with Lydon saying in a 2007 interview, Hes a great bloke.[97]Health issuesIn 1993, Emerson was forced to take a year off from playing after he developed a nerve-related condition affecting his right hand that he likened to writers cramp and that was also reported as a form of arthritis.[29][98] According to Emerson, this coincided with his divorce, his Sussex home burning down, and financial difficulties. During his time off, he ran marathons, customised a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, and wrote film scores and his autoBiography, , Pictures of an Exhibitionist, which opens and closes with an account of his illness and subsequent arm operation.[89][90] By 2002 he had regained full use of his hands and could play to his usual strength.[29]In September 2010, Emerson released a message stating: During a routine medical examination, a colonoscopy revealed a rather dangerous polyp in my lower colon. It is the conclusion of the doctors here in London that I must undergo surgery immediately. Unfortunately, the timing of this urgent surgery does not allow me to start touring in early October because of the required period of hospitalization and recuperation. I must remain optimistic that all will turn out well.[99]SuicideEmerson died on 11 March 2016 in Santa Monica, California, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. His body was found at his Santa Monica home.[100] Following an autopsy, the medical examiner ruled Emersons death a suicide, and concluded that he had also suffered from heart disease and from depression associated with alcohol.[101] According to Emersons girlfriend Mari Kawaguchi, Emerson had become depressed, nervous and anxious because nerve damage had hampered his playing, and he was worried that he would perform poorly at upcoming concerts and disappoint his fans.[102][103][104]Emerson was buried on 1 April 2016 at Lancing and Sompting Cemetery, Lancing, West Sussex.[105] Although his death had been reported by news sources and an official Emerson, Lake and Palmer social media page as having occurred on the night of 10 March, his grave memorial lists his date of death as 11 March 2016.His former ELP bandmates, Carl Palmer and Greg Lake, both issued statements on his death. Palmer said, Keith was a gentle soul whose love for music and passion for his performance as a keyboard player will remain unmatched for many years to come.[106] Lake said, As sad and tragic as Keiths death is, I would not want this to be the lasting memory people take away with them. What I will always remember about Keith Emerson was his remarkable talent as a musician and composer and his gift and passion to entertain. Music was his life and despite some of the difficulties he encountered I am sure that the music he created will live on forever.[107]
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