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    11 cats who look exactly like composers

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    We've scoured the internet for the best in composer/cat lookalikes, and boy have we found them. (Inspired by the brilliant The Violin Diaries Tumblr)

    1. Cat composer Liszt

      1. Liszt

      Liszt Cat knows he's top cat

    2. Cat composer lookalike Brahms

      2. Brahms Cat

      It's no surprise there's a fantastic general PAWS in the finale of Brahms's Fourth Symphony

    3. Cat composer lookalike Beethoven

      3. Beethoven Cat

      We always suspected the composer of Purr Elise and the Empurror Concerto had some feline in him.

    4. Cat composer Saint-Saëns

      4. Saint-Saëns Cat

      Saint-Saëns knows how to compose a good tuna

    5. Cat composer lookalike Fauré

      5. Fauré Cat

      A rare photo of the composer of the Catique de Jean Racine

    6. Cat composer lookalike Bernstein

      6. Bernstein Cat

      MICE-stro Bernstein relaxing

    7. Dowland and cat

      7. Dowland Cat

      Meow-land: composer of plaintive Renaissance music

    8. Cat composer lookalike Mozart

      8. Mozart Cat

      Mozart, who wrote the MagnifiCAT and TOM Giovanni... and his Requiem was completed by Franz Püssmayr. We'll stop.

    9. Cat composer lookalike Whitacre

      9. Whitacre Cat

      Eric Whiskers, whose favourite piece is 'Sleep'…

    10. Cat composer lookalike Stravinsky

      10. Stravinsky Cat

      Putting the 'Puss' in Oedipus Rex… Photo: PA

    11. Cat composer lookalike Elgar

      11. Elgar Cat

      Composer of The Dream of GerontiPUSS… Photo: PA

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