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    What if… classical music shower thoughts

    Imagine if Mozart had never toured Europe, or Rachmaninov had decided he fancied trying the violin instead. Here’s what life could be like in an alternative universe:

    1. Alternative universe musical shower thoughts

      1. Gesualdo took the long way home that day and his wife survived

      Imagine…

    2. Alternative universe musical shower thoughts

      2. If Debussy and Ravel had been a contemporary of Picasso…

      Hmm…

    3. Alternative universe musical shower thoughts

      3. If Leopold Mozart had been a better composer would we even have heard of Mozart?

      Good question.

    4. Alternative universe musical shower thoughts

      4. If Brahms and Schumann had never met

      Well…

    5. Alternative universe musical shower thoughts

      5. If Mozart had never become a freemason

      Imagine.

    6. Alternative universe musical shower thoughts

      6. The number 13

      That would have changed things

    7. Alternative universe musical shower thoughts

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    8. Alternative universe musical shower thoughts

      8. Johann Sebastian who?

      Hmm…

    9. Alternative universe musical shower thoughts

      9. Anyone got a match?

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