Hey, Elon Musk: Did you know Arnold Schoenberg is a crater on Mars?

Hey, Elon Musk: Did you know Arnold Schoenberg is a crater on Mars?

Why Beethoven

norman lebrecht

January 13, 2025

Well, he is.

Along with many other composers and musicians – Dvorak, Glinka, Gluck, Sibelius, Vivaldi, Mahler and Stravinsky, Verdi and Wagner.

Worth a visit when you’re next up there.

Comments

  • Philipp Lord Chandos says:

    What about Holst?

  • V.Lind says:

    I wish he would go to Mars.

  • Robert says:

    My cousin has a crater on the Moon.

    “Fryxell,” if you happen by there.

  • Nicholas says:

    Out of this world, Mr. Lebrecht!

  • Pianofortissimo says:

    Yes, he knows. He’s going to build the first concert hall in Mars just there.

  • Arundo Donax says:

    It is indeed Mercury, not Mars that has craters named for artists.

  • John Borstlap says:

    Much of Schönberg does indeed sound like that.

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