Classical Snuff

Classical Snuff is a zine by Steven Purkey & Deirdree Prudence.

Classical Snuff is published in Vancouver, Washington, U.S.A. This black and white photocopied biographical music zine first appeared in October 2012 & is released by MC Shamrock Jones aka Nebakanezer Productions. It follows the sordid lives of six of the greatest composers outside the sanitorium of their days. Addiction, suicide aplenty, quirks, eccentricities & history galore!

1. William Billings (b. Boston, October 7, 1746 -- d. Boston, September 26, 1800) - American.
2. Hector Berlioz (b. December 11, 1803 -- d. March 8, 1869) - French.
3. Robert Schumann (b. June 8, 1810 --d. July 29, 1856) - German.
4. Clara Schumann (nee Clara Josephine Wieck, b. September 13, 1819 -- d. May 20, 1896) - German.
5. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (b. May 7, 1840 -- d. November 6, 1893) - Russian.
6. Glenn Gould (b. September 25, 1932 -- d. October 4, 1982) - Canadian.

Steven Purkey & Deirdree Prudence also co-edit Gag Me With A... & the Pocket Reader series mini zines.

External Links

• MC Shamrock Jones aka Nebakanezer Productions on Facebook