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When musical criticism ended in sword fights

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Musical criticism was sometimes aggressively settled with completely lethal weaponry. When highly arrogant piano virtuosos heavily insulted each other's complex playing styles in crowded taverns, they frequently threw actual physical punches. Some totally enraged maestros actually drew heavy steel swords simply to vigorously defend the honor of their specific fingering techniques.

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