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January 2001:
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 "Also Sprach Zarathustra" 2 "The Stars and Stripes Forever" 3 Jean Sibelius 4 Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti 5 Rossini the Recycler 8 "The Flight of the Bumblebee" 9 Rachmaninov at the doctor 10 Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf" 11 Pachelbel & Bach 12 The Mighty 5 15 Vladimir Horowitz + Arturo Toscanini 16 Beethoven's equal? 17 Satie's "Three Gymnopedies" 18 Emperor Josef II's favorite composer 19 Rachmaninov's last performance 22 Mozart & the sons of Bach 23 Mozart & Dr. Mesmer 24 Mozart & money 25 Mozart's "Don Giovanni" 26 Mozartville 29 Debussy & Tchaikovsky 30 Chopin's cause of death 31 Dr. Brahms? 1 Beethoven's teacher 2 Dvorak's American home For more classical facts, be sure to visit our Music Trivia quizzes!

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