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Classical composer who like Nero did not sleep at all, because of insomnia illness

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Are there classical composer who put out such much we work, one wonders if they ever sleep in there lifetime, I,m a strong insomniac, but II got prescription pills to knock a horse or an elephant, once I did not sleep for 6 months,this is that bad...

Perhaps Lassus and Telemann(he was in charge of seven Chapelle), that guys was a workaholic!!!

My respect to does who are relentless worker, and hardly sleep.
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RICK RIEKERT
Rossini suffered from insomnia as well as uremic troubles and hypochondria. He once told a friend, "I have all of women's ills, all that I lack is a uterus."

Tchaikovsky was prone to insomnia, anxiety, and extreme fluctuations of mood, from depression to elation.
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