Brahms was successful at destroying large parts of his work product [0]. Kuhlau was too [1], thought he didn't intend to—his house burned down. [0] https://en.

Brahms was successful at destroying large parts of his work product [0]. Kuhlau was too [1], thought he didn't intend to—his house burned down. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Brahms#Works https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Brahms#Works ("...once claimed to have destroyed 20 string quartets before he issued his official First in 1873...") [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Kuhlau https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Kuhlau