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WHO CAN LIST A CHESS PLAYERS-COMPOSERS, AS WELL?

LETS START!:

DAVID OISTRAX

SERGEY PROKOFIEFF

/ARE YOU KNOW ABOUT THEIR VERY FAMOUS CHESS MATCH??/

WHO ALSO?

 

 

 


TheHappyFatVegan

I'll throw in Bobby Fischer before anyone else does!!!!!!!!


AWARDCHESS

COMPOSER? I MEAN, A MUSICAL, MUSICIAN PERSON...

AND CHESS PLAYER, AS WELL...

ARE YOU KNOW SOME ODD CHESS&MUSICIANS?


alma_eterna

Francois-Andre Danican Philidor


AWARDCHESS

great!


shadowc

Me!


AWARDCHESS

WOW!


billwall

Look at my list at http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/famous.htm and look at music.


golem3

You got me there. I am quite sure that many if not all the European Romantic composers played, but I am guessing not professionally and that they were not great players. It was just about the fun.


_Alice_

Here are some music compositions inspired by chess: http://www.greschak.com/muschess.htm

"The question is, whether you can make words mean so many different things."

 


AWARDCHESS

Thank you, Alice! I find that from your referred site!

22nd July 2008, 07:26am
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by _Alice_
England 
Member Since: Jul 2008
Member Points: 8

Here are some music compositions inspired by chess:http://www.greschak.com/muschess.htm

"The question is, whether you can make words mean so many different things."

 Stravinsky, Igor 1913. Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring).

    In the book, Nicholas Roerich: Messenger of Beauty (published by Inner Trad 1994), Jacqueline Decter recounts a story of how Roerich offered Stravinsky two possible scenarios for a new ballet: "A Game of Chess" or "The Great Sacrifice". Stravinsky chose "The Great Sacrifice" for what was to become Le Sacre du Printemps. This chess-related quote from this book was once available athttp://www.stagebill.com/dance/features/featuresarchive/sacre.html.

 


AWARDCHESS

billwall provide us such a great chess link!


AWARDCHESS

Mark Taimanov is a great GM, and professional Musician!

Spektrowski

Vasily Smyslov is a world champion and good opera singer. Though not a composer.

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by Spektrowski
Moscow Russia 
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 41

"Vasily Smyslov is a world champion and good opera singer. Though not a composer."

Vasily Vasilievich Smyslov Is a great underestimated World Chess Champion! And good singer! Maybe, he can play music, too?.. 

Is anybody know more about that man, who like an Harmony at life, so much!?

 

KennyC

Apparently RZA from Wu-Tang is an avid chess player, as demonstrated on his site http://www.wuchess.com

The site is endorsed by former heavy-weight boxing champ Lennox Lewis who used to play chess to warm up for his bouts.