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Oh, for pity's sake! I have nothing whatever against Finns; . . . I wish when I started this I had referred to a Basque composer, except I don't know of any.

Bob:

Whoa! I was just using your note as an excuse to make a good pun. Didn't mean to offend you!!!

There was only one Basqke composer of note (so to speak). I cannot remember his name, but he was killed in a tragic accident during the Spanish Civil War. As I recall the story, he was standing in the wings while the Basque National Symphony Orchestra performed his first (and last) symphony. There was a false report of an air raid and he was trampled by all of the orchestra members who were trying to get through the only egress from the stage. The morale of the story, of course, don't put all your Basques in one exit.


TEd