Arnold Schoenberg was the greatest composer of the 20th century. He was also a very superstitious man. He suffered from Triskaidekaphobia, which is a fear of the number 13. Schoenberg died on Friday the 13th, 1951.
Anton Webern, a student of Schoenberg, stepped out of the house to smoke a cigar. He was shot by an occupying American soldier. Ten years later, the American died of alcoholism, induced by remorse.
Another student of Schoenberg, Alban Berg, died on Christmas Eve, after he was stung by a bee.
