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Composers Doing Normal Shit

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Panospria @panospria.com · 12/01/2026
Iannis Xenakis sitting in his office, Paris 1972 @normalcomposers.bsky.social
Image copyright Mali Letrange
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
George Gershwin aggressively petting a dog.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Béla Bartók being bored.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Carl Nielsen knitting.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Francis Poulenc smoking a cigarette while cooking with his dog.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
George Crumb glaring at someone while smoking a cigarette in front of some bongos.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Hey BlueSky, ya boi also writes music. Earlier this year, the amazing cellist Mike Block and I (recording under the name Folk Physics) released an album of original music called Parallels on Imaginary Animals Records. orcd.co/parallels
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Folk Physics & Mike Block - Parallels
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Kaija Saariaho taking the subway.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Arvo Pärt taking a taxi.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Dmitri Shostakovich walking his cat with his wife in the snow.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Edgard Varèse sulking by the boat.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
George Gershwin playing golf.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Giacomo Puccini walking on the beach with his son Antonio.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Harrison Birtwistle getting a haircut.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Gloria Coates drinking soda.
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Panospria @panospria.com · 24/10/2025
Brian Eno smoking a cigarette in the studio @dark-shark.bsky.social @normalcomposers.bsky.social
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Kurt Weill smoking a pipe with his dog.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Glenn Gould breaking his arm.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Morton Feldman reading the paper.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Pierre Boulez rehearsing. (?)
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Franz Liszt having a miserable time with his students.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Krzysztof Penderecki drinking alone.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Benjamin Britten eating ice cream with his friends.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Don Cherry driving the van.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Tony Bennett raking the yard.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Luciano Pavarotti calling someone.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Béla Bartók chugging a beer with his family.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Francis Poulenc throwing out the pillows.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Laurie Anderson serving.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Leonard Bernstein taking down a hot dog.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Pierre Boulez calling someone.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Miles Davis picking a veggie.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Miles Davis picking a veggie.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Philip Glass napping in the back seat.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Leonard Bernstein swimming with his clothes on.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Alice Coltrane holding hands with her husband John.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Joni Mitchell giving Charles Mingus a drink.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Gustav Mahler asking for directions.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Sonny Rollins lifting weights.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Virgil Thomson and his pants relaxing with a drink.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Béla Bartók having a miserable time with some lady friends.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Ornette Coleman playing pool.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Ruth Crawford Seeger chopping wood on the beach.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Miles Davis at the dentist.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Leonard Bernstein brushing his teeth.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
John Cage buffing the floor.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Sergei Prokofiev lying in bed with Nicolas Nabokov.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Kaija Saariaho taking the bus.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Charles Ives having a sad picnic with his wife Harmony.
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Composers Doing Normal Shit @normalcomposers.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Richard Wagner having a miserable time at a tea party.
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