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There were periods when I sometimes made fires in a large, open fireplace that lasted about two weeks, which was how long it took to burn my compositions. So there has been an awful lot that I have destroyed.
Alan Hovhaness
Alan Hovhaness
Born: Mar 8, 1911
Died: Jun 21, 2000

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