pucspifo t1_ixun8xa wrote
The only thing that I can figure is that very few people know the original composition, as Ravel's version is far more popular. But I could be missing a lot, as this joke doesn't seem very funny to me.
Gil-Gandel OP t1_ixutu5c wrote
His name literally is "Modest Mussorgsky"
DomesticApe23 t1_ixuv4y0 wrote
Right. And he said something modest. ...?
Gil-Gandel OP t1_ixvph3y wrote
He said there was nothing great about a famous piece of his.
DomesticApe23 t1_ixwr7v2 wrote
Right. So a modest guy said something modest.
That's not a joke. If he boasted, that might resemble a joke. But modest people are modest. That's not funny.
bruhm0ment67 t1_ixw1xwc wrote
I didnt even know it was a classical piece, I thought it was an Emerson, Lake and Palmer thing
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