For the music nerds.

For the music nerds. I meant to post about this but didn't quite catch up on time. Nicholas Harnoncourt died a little over a week ago. While he had his controversies, he was hugely influential in why everything we listen to doesn't sound like Wagner (although Stokowski's orchestral version of Bach's "Toccata and fugue in d minor" still rules). Guess it still doesn't hurt to have been born an aristocrat.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12185066/Nikolaus-Harnoncourt-conductor-obituary.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12185066/Nikolaus-Harnoncourt-conductor-obituary.html

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