What Dead Classical Composer Are You?

1. Your idea of a good afternoon is:

SEX!
reading quietly
drinking
playing with the kids
partying since I already did all my work this morning
partying even though I haven't done all my work - its easy enough!
lecturing
making my gummy bears talk!
hanging out by myself..
stopping by the mother planet for a quick visit..

2. You get a C- on your last philosophy paper. You:

Go set the professor straight, he obviously doesn't know what he's doing.
mope
..what philosophy paper??
That's my fault for thinking outside the lines
Celebrate: that's pretty damned good for being drunk the night before and turning in a page of gibberish
Do a rewrite and get my A.
I hate philosophy anyway - its too dry and boring..
Thank God!
I WROTE the philosophy text!

3. Your significant other dumps you. You:

breathe a huge sigh of relief; you're free to pursue your other love interest .
breathe a huge sigh of relief; you're free to pursue your other love interest (of the same sex)
breathe a huge sigh of relief; you're free to compose now.
threaten suicide
cry uncontrollably for weeks
laugh it off
Curse my luck!

4. Your favorite type of music to compose is:

Opera, baby
not opera, MUSIC DRAMA!
Lieder
Piano music
Chamber music
Ballet
Electronic music
I can do it all!

5. Its a beautiful spring day outside. Your first thought is:

Wonderful! I may draw inspiration from Nature!
Damn hot weather
This reminds me of a poem...
It's a fine day to be alive and to be Richard Wagner
Woe.. it's beautiful outside, but my soul is in pain..
Mischief is to be made!
Hark! a helicopter! Perfect for a helicopter string quartet..

6. Absolute Music: Yes or No?

Yes
No
what are you talking about?
..sounds suspicious to me.
I feel sick.
Absolut music maybe..
Absolute music is so out-moded. I write MOMENT music.

7. What's your source of income?

I'm a touring heartthrob.
Who needs money?
Patrons� damn fools..
Friends
I write music, I publish music, people buy the music, I get money..
Oh.. you know..this and that.
I teach.
MOVIE MUSIC!!
Well, I let my significant other do the work... I wish I were a concert pianist
Engineer

8. Your views on the opposite sex?

They're nice� I guess�
I take all the views I can get.
Damn it!!
Sigh..
I don't think about the opposite sex.
They love me - how can I not love them back??
:-}

9. What are your feelings toward your father?

I like dad.
Bastard.
Other people might be embarrassed by my good ol' dad, but I like to show him off to prove how far I've come.
I like dad.. when he's not bossing me around!!
..Who's asking..?
Forget DAD - It's MOM I love!
Is this some sort of damned psychoanalysis test?? GO AWAY!
Too bad he died when I was young..

10. Someone goes to a park to look for you. You will be found:

..walking around with my hands behind my back and listening to the birds and/or composing..
..expounding upon the beauties of Nature to my beloved.
..in the bushes with said beloved.
I'll be found indoors,thanks.
..under a tree reading poetry with my friends.
..passed out drunk in a gutter.
..in the river trying to catch pneumonia so as to make my suicide look like an accident
..tying together the shoelaces of the person passed out in the gutter
..listening to the spirits from beyond the grave!!
.. crying softly behind a hill
.. fainted because it's too hot.
.. playing frisbee with the kids .
.. doing gymnastics to impress the opposite sex
.. drawing Inspiration from the beauty of Nature!!

11. Boxers or Briefs?

..I beg your pardon!
.mmm..
Why don't we go back to my place and find out?
Neither.
Wouldn't you like to know??.
A bold boxer, barking, briefly bowled down the boulevard� hmm.. Were you talking to me?
GO AWAY!!

12. My biggest flaw is:

I try to please everyone.
hm.. I have this tendency to be antisocial..
.. tendency to become depressed.
I don't have the best etiquette..
Weakness for alcohol.
Weakness for the opposite sex.
Weakness for the same sex .
What! I don't have any flaws!
Party too much!
I'm too blunt and sometimes I insult my friends.
..issues with the opposite sex..
My immune system doesn't seem to function!
Sometimes I'm just not assertive enough..
Workaholic.
Tendency to be insane..

13. You send a new piece to your publisher/patron, but he won't accept it without revisions. You:

(Sigh) I guess I'll get to work..
I'm insulted, yes, but I'll see what he wants. No use losing my dignity over it.
Show him through witty quip that nothing needs to be changed.
Write him an angry letter telling him where to go, then find a new publisher/patron.
Publish a newspaper article on these Philistines and their lack of taste!
Complain to family and friends then mope some more for good measure.
I suppose I'll have to talk to him and make him see the folly of his ways. If he's still stubborn I'll remind him that my thugs - I mean, fan following will be seriously displeased..
Apologize profusely, then change one note. He won't notice anyway ;-}
It was mostly improvised - I'll take a different route then.. I have no need of publishers; my music exists in real time and on TAPE.

14. Along those lines, your big work FAILS at the premiere. What do you do?

Cry - WHY?!!
Take it to a city where they do appreciate me!
"Fail"?! Hah! NEVER!
It's a political move, I tell you! POLITICS!
Find comfort with family and friends.
Go to a psychiatrist.
I only show my works to my friends, and they like them!
Laugh it off.. then secretly plot revenge!
God Knows Best.
Write something better - the audience must be pleased.
Grumble.. but I know I'm right..
Drink it off!
Dump my significant other.

15. Your views on Art?

Art is a republic. No emperors - only talent wins respect.
Art is the record of one's improvisations.
Art is the property of the Folk.
Art is hot men in tights�
Art is what I live for.
Art is an expression of my heritage!
Inspiration, my friend!!
Art's purpose is to glorify God.
Art should be entertaining.
Art is poetry.
Art is a means for conversing with people, not an aim in itself.
My music DEFINES art.
Art is the expression of the soul's pain!
.. you know what I always say: Every man composes as well as he can..

16. Your idea of a good setting for music?

Huge concert hall.
Church.
Outer space.
Outside!
Intimate setting where we can sing and play together
Intimate setting where I can seduce someone.
Theater!
I build my OWN theaters!!!

17. And finally, Honors Thesis?

Yes, there are some 1,500 written about me.
(dread questioning stare)
Don't speak of it - I faint!
Yes, I've done one or two in my day��
Easy as pie...
Shit, pass the alcohol!!!
No, thank you.
Too busy doing something worthwhile!
..zzzzzzz..
Do you like buttercups?

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