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Questions

Which pianist-composer permanently injured his hand by wearing a home-made contraption designed to immobilize the fourth finger while practising ?

French writer George Sand is remembered for her affair with which composer ?

Bach's "Goldberg Variations" are best known today through the recording of this Canadian pianist. ?

What composition was structured on a single theme repeated over and over ?

This famours astronomer was the son of a composer. ?