This week on the show, we're taking the law into our own hands and looking at the dastardly deeds of classical music in a show called "Musical Criminals"!
Did you know...
Richard Wagner got involved in a political uprising in Dresden, and escaped to Zurich for 12 years to avoid being arrested!Renaissance composer Carlo Gesulado murdered his wife and her lover when they were caught in the act, but avoided punishment because he was a nobleman and the nephew of a pope.Robert Schumann tried to send his father-in-law to prison for "defamation of character," after he sent a letter around town claiming Schumann was a drunk.When Johann Sebastian Bach tried to break his contract in Weimar and take a job elsewhere, he was thrown in jail for a month!The full playlist is below.
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