Thanks for tuning in for another addition of "Random Portrait"! This month's entry is a double, featuring two of my favorite composers, Johannes Brahms and Frederic Chopin.
"Hey. Trying to write symphonies after Beethoven made me go half crazy, so I went the absolutism route and wrote music without meaning. Not so sure it worked. Plus I was totally into Clara Schumann who was already married to another crazy man. So I got fat and grew an epic beard. Damn you, Beethoven!"
"Hey. My gf was a writer and tended to dress like a man. I had bad lungs and was weak most of my life, but dude did I write a crap ton of great music, including my famous 24 preludes. I'll bet you've heard Prelude No. 4 at least a thousand times. I made piano music cool in the mid-1800s. Yeah, I'm legendary."
These portraits were done by pencil by me, Marika. Feel free to share them, print them out, hang them on your bedroom wall so you can stare at them on sleepless nights... you know the drill.
Who will be the next Random Portrait? Probably whoever Marika is obsessed with by next month's addition! (My attention span is grossly limited.)
