Trout QuintetMax Reger once received a basket of trout from an admirer after playing the piano part in Schubert's "Trout" Quintet.
In his thank-you note, Reger was careful to mention that his next concert program was to include... Haydn's "Minuet of the Ox"!
Reger, Max (1873-1916) German composer and organist
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