HOT PLATE! Print Edition

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Copying Your Aged Ancestors

Copying Your Aged Ancestors

THE ANXIETY OF INFLUENCE: P.G. WODEHOUSE

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Karl Straub
Nov 21, 2023
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Thanks for reading this episode of HOT PLATE! Print Edition, a place to go if you like to see something boring turned into comedy gold, or comedy gold turned into something boring.

For years, I’ve heard that great composers would copy over the work of other great composers, as part of their education.

This always sounded like a lot of work to me. I’ve s…

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