h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I'm beginning with J S Bach because his influence radiates out form him in so many ways. He is one of the most-recorded composers of all time, slightly behind Mozart. J S Bach's son Wilhelm Friedemann gave harpsichord lessons to Felix Mendelssohn's great-aunt.
Mendelssohn in turn met Franz Liszt during the winter of 1831/2. Liszt met Debussy three times in 1886. Debussy met Stravinsky for the first time in 1910. In 1962, Stravinsky premiered a televised musical work based on Noah's Flood. Sebastian Cabot was the voice. Cabot was
in the film "Angry Hills" [1959] with Leslie Phillips. Phillips wasi n the film "Out of Africa" with Meryl Streep. Streep was in "The Hours" [2002] with Julianne Moore, who won the Oscar for Best Actress in "Still Alice" [2014]

A less certain [but still possible] series of links is through family trees. J S Bach's son Wilhelm Friedemann Bach had a daughter who married an American and moved to the U.S. Actor Jyle Maclachlan claims to be a descendant. Maclachlan was in "The Trial" [1993] with Anthony Hopkins. Hopkins was in "All the King's Men" [2006] with Jude Law. Law was in "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" [2004] with Meryl Streep. Streep was in "The Hours" with Julianne Moore.

If you would rather go through Mozart than W F Bach and Mendelssohn,
you can choose J S Bach's youngest son, Johan Christian Bach, who
befriended Mozart in England in 1764. Mozart met beethoven in Vienna
in 1787. Bethoven met Liszt in 1823, when Liszt was 11 or 12. You can
follow the links to Julianne Moore from Liszt.

Sorry, I meant that Sebastian Cabot was the voice *of Noah.*

And Maclachlan's first name is "Kyle," not "Jyle" .

I play this kind of game if I want to look anything up on IMDb. I scroll down the front page to the birthdays and try to link to where I want to get in as few moves as possible.

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