Composer
Rubinstein was also a composer of some note, though Garden dismisses his music as "unimportant.". Among his most popular works is his Tarantella in G minor and his Fantasia on a Theme by Schumann, both for piano solo. When asked why he did not compose more than he did, he replied that his brother Anton "composed enough for three."
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