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    17 hilarious composer anagrams

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    We've taken our favourite composers and jumbled their names up so they make weird phrases. Time to find out who 'Use Cuddly Base' is...

    1. Gustav Mahler

      1. Gustav Mahler

      Gustav Mahler = Vulgar Ham Set

    2. Gioachino Rossini anagram

      2. Gioachino Rossini

      Gioachino Rossini = Iconic rhino, go as-is

    3. Robert Schumann anagram

      3. Robert Schumann

      Robert Schumann = Burnt Nose Charm

    4. composer anagrams

      4. Ludwig Van Beethoven

      Ludwig Van Beethoven = Wavelength Video Bun

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      5. Sergei Rachmaninov

      Sergei Rachmaninov = Hi Organ Serviceman

    6. composer anagrams

      6. Johann Sebastian Bach

      Johann Sebastian Bach = Banana Object Has Shin

    7. composer anagrams

      7. Claude Debussy

      Claude Debussy = Use Cuddly Base

    8. composer anagrams

      8. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart = Go Foam At Unglazed Swarm

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      9. Antonio Vivaldi

      Antonio Vivaldi = Invalid Ovation

    10. composer anagrams

      10. Ludovico Einaudi

      Ludovico Einaudi = Uncivil Audio Ode

    11. composer anagrams

      11. George Frideric Handel

      George Frideric Handel = Cheerleader Firing Dog

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      12. Sergei Prokofiev

      Sergei Prokofiev = Evokes Grip Of Ire

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      13. Leonard Bernstein

      Leonard Bernstein = Online Bartenders

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      14. Igor Stravinsky

      Igor Stravinsky = No Gravity Risks

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      15. Richard Wagner

      Richard Wagner = Chagrin Reward

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      16. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky = Thy Cosy Khaki Proclivity

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      17. Giacomo Puccini

      Giacomo Puccini = I Coo In Magic Cup

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