The Maldition of the Nineth Sinfony

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The curses are like the processions: where they went out they re-enter. Throughout the history of classical music a cloak of superstition has been woven around a number: the nine. The so-called “curse of the ninth symphony” maintains that after composing its ninth symphony the great composers inevitably appear to the tomb. It is not a modern myth nor a simple game of coincidences: it is a legend that has traveled centuries, fed by premature deat…