Death of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky/path%C3%A9tique As Requiem

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    ‘Lay me a green sod under my head,
    And another at my feet;
    And lay my bent bow at my side,
    Which was my music sweet;
    And make my grave of gravel and green,
    Which is most right and meet.
    —Unknown. Robin Hood’s Death (l. 65–70)

    Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps.
    —Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870–1924)

    Roll over, Beethoven,
    And tell Tchaikovsky the news.
    Chuck Berry (b. 1926)