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    Who was a theory teacher at Moscow Conservatory when a benefactress named van Meck gave him the cash to compose full time?

    Question #74719. Asked by PRS. (Jan 19 07 5:53 AM)


    zbeckabee

    		Tchaikovsky


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tchaikovsky

    Jan 19 07, 6:04 AM

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