AWARDCHESS wrote:
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH "I WILL WRITE A MUSIC, EVEN IF THEY WILL CUT BOTH OF MY HANDS! I WILL HOLD A PEN BY MY OWN TEETH"... "THE MUSIC BORN AT THE SILENCE"...
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
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Sergei Prokofiev was a passionate chess-player, as well as some russian musicians: David Oistrach for instance.
I remember, I have seen once a game played by Prokofiev, and it was not bad.
don't know Rixter.
The only other strong chess-player among composers who I know is Philidor .
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
"I WILL WRITE A MUSIC, EVEN IF THEY WILL CUT BOTH OF MY HANDS!
I WILL HOLD A PEN BY MY OWN TEETH"...
"THE MUSIC BORN AT THE SILENCE"...