The Life of a Canadian Composer Wolf (original) (raw)
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Reading through a few articles about composers on Wikipedia (notably: Jean Françaix and Bohuslav Martinu), it gives me a great deal of closure to know that composers can become famous without a university degree.
Martinu was thrown out of the Paris Conservatoire for "incorrigible negligence" (translation: he wanted to have his own style)
Françaix' only certification was that he won first prize in a piano competition at the Conservatoire.
Makes me feel good.