Which great composer always carried a ball of knitting?
mainHe found it useful for relaxation. Who was he?
Clue: Anniversary coming up.
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Carl Nielsen!
That’s Carl Nielsen.
Richard Rodney Bennett was also a keen knitter in later life.
Feldman (let’s go for a positive angle on him) liked Turkish rugs but not as a practitioner. He died a rich man as a result of this interest.
Sir Colin Davis was also a keen knitter
What a bunch of sissies!
Now we need to know which ones play sudoku instead of studying the next score.
Was it Sch-knittke? No pun intended?
Purl Hindemith
Thanks for laugh of the day. Brilliant!
Mozart used to play billiards to relax, Strauss liked to play cards for the same reason, Schoenberg relaxed with playing three-dimensional chess, Debussy escaped from domestic quarrels by delving in his garden. Only Bach relaxed professionally, by writing cantatas.
…and is it true that after a period of composing Puccini would ring a little bell and the girlfriend would come to assist in his relaxation?