At the time, they weren't really aspiring for musical fame.

Royal families in Germany and elsewhere have often accrued musical fame through patronage, and some members have dabbled as performers or composers.

Lodi: the city's claim to musical fame is that a 14-year-old Mozart wrote his first string quartet here.

In some circles, his design fame has eclipsed his musical fame.

He shot to musical fame at the age of 15 as a member of the Royal Teens when he co-wrote the hit "Short Shorts".

His musical fame opened access to diplomats and the media.

Beauford and Moore would go on to later musical fame as founding members of the Dave Matthews Band.

His musical fame preceded him when Gastaldon did his obligatory year of military service in 1883.

He too was a long way from the pale and twitchy cokehead of his musical fame.

Borg rose to musical fame as the winner of the fifth series of the Swedish singing competition Idol in 2008.