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Many superstitions surround music history, but this one dates back a bit before the gloomy Sunday curse, the My Way karaoke curse, and even the 27 Club.

It's called The Curse of the Ninth, and it's a haunting superstition that originated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries during the late romantic period of classical music. But don't let the archaic era fool you. This curse is anything

but dry, suggesting that all composers die after completing their ninth, their final, symphony.

With fame, superstition, and tormented geniuses fueling the fire of this curse's terror-inducing mythology, today on Ghost Town,

the Curse of the Ninth. The Curse of the Ninth basically says that composers would die,

or perhaps will die, after completing their ninth symphony and has

haunted composers for over a century. The belief gained traction courtesy of the extremely

superstitious Austrian composer Gustav Mahler. Yes, the guy who was married to the fascinating

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