PS: The guitarist Kazuhito Yamashita did not only play the "Pictures" (written by Mussorgsky for piano), but arranged them for himself in a very creative way, so the result is "by" him to a large degree.

Rossini once heard a singer sing an aria from his "Barber". She took great liberties – as she would be entitled to do by convention. After the concert, Rossini said to her "That was a nice aria you sang; who was the composer?"