AliceAnn tells the adorable and awkward story of how Rachmaninov attempted to woo his composer crush, Igor Stravinsky, into friendship….which instead sort of creeped Igor out. Lauren discusses Austrian composer, music theorist, and country bumpkin, Anton Bruckner, and some of his weird obsessions.

Full sources are below, but here are a couple of things we talked about in this episode:

• “The Strange Affliction of Anton Bruckner”
• If you haven’t listened to Symphonie Fantastique, go do it right now. It’s only 7 hours long.

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We can’t promise facts, but we can give you our sources:

Bruckner:

• Brucknerpedia
• Violinist.Com, “I Hate Bruckner, Part I”
• Crazytown Blog, Offbeats: Anton Bruckner

Stravinsky + Rocky:

• Stravinskipedia
• Stravinsky and Rachmaninoff: A Comparative Study of Their Musical Ideologies
• The Poke: This Tale of 2 Composers Went Viral Because it Made People Feel Better About Their Own Social Skills
• The San Francisco Symphony: Michael Steinberg, "A Doorbell Rings in Hollywood"