I know two kinds of audience only – one coughing, and one n… - Artur Schnabel

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I know two kinds of audience only – one coughing, and one not coughing.

Artur Schnabel

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Artur Schnabel (April 17, 1882 – August 15, 1951) was a pianist and composer, born in Lipnik in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Lipniki in Poland). He moved to Britain and then America, becoming a US citizen in 1944.

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I know two kinds of audience only – one coughing, and one not coughing. - Artur Schnabel

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