Killed on the Somme at 35, ‘Australia’s Chopin’ is finally getting his due

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Septimus Kelly was a musician known as Australia's Chopin who was killed at age 35 in France. Before his death, he worried that his best works would remain unfinished in his head. Musicians are now performing his surviving scores.

Before he was killed in France, Septimus Kelly feared he would die with his greatest works still in his head. Musicians are finally bringing his surviving scores to life.

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