WEEK #436 Music Soothes the Savage Beast

[LISA B]

QUESTION:

 

Name two prominent numismatists who were professional musicians.

 

Our first place winner will receive a copy of The Complete Guide to Mercury Dimes Second Edition by David Lange

 

There will also be a runner up prize given to a randomly selected player with the correct answer.

 

REMINDER: The Numisma-Quest ends on Saturday at midnight EST. Entries after that time will not be valid. See the Trivia info post for more details.

 

When you post your answer, only the administrators can see it. Stop back this Monday. We will make all the posts visible and announce the winners

 

[ritter]

eric li cheung and marcel jovine

[mhardin2413]

bob dylan and rachmaninov. okay, i have no clue, but i thought i would mention two of my favorites composers/writers/

 

[HiHoAudio]

I know of several but none are famous enough to include here.

 

 

[MercuryMan]

irving berlin (Composer)

hoagland howard "hoagy" carmichael

aaron copland (Composer)

stephen collins foster

george gershwin

Enrico Caruso (Opera Singer)

Andre Dawson (Chicago Cubs)

Jerome Kern (Composer)

Adolphe Menjou (Actor)

Hoagy Carmichael (Composer)"

 

 

Most famous of those is probably George Gershwin and Aaron Copland.

[DWLange]

Our winner this week is MercuryMan, with his great list of musically inclined numismatists. To this list we would add Gene Hessler and Lester Merkin.

 

Lisa B. will post shortly with this week's book prize.