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In reply to the discussion: Post a strange, odd or unique fact about music. [View all]The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,276 posts)Jean-Baptiste Lully died in 1687 after he stabbed himself in the foot while conducting with a long staff (that's how they did it in those days) and the injury became infected. He refused to have his foot amputated because he wanted to be able to dance.
Charles-Valentin Alkan, a 19th-century composer and pianist, was said to have been squashed when a bookcase fell on him.
Louis Vierne, known mostly for his organ compositions, died of a heart attack in 1937 while playing the organ at the Notre Dame Cathedral. He fell off the bench as his foot hit the low E pedal, and died as the single note echoed throughout the church.
Henry Purcell came home late from the pub one night in 1695 to find that his wife had locked him out. He caught a chill and soon died.
Mozart probably was not murdered by Salieri.