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lumen
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response 25 of 46:
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Apr 13 23:57 UTC 1998 |
re #23 nope...his name just escapes me, nor can I remember the works of his
I played. He died only two decades ago, I think.
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md
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response 26 of 46:
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Apr 14 10:31 UTC 1998 |
The Stalin-era Soviet composers everyone remembers are Prokofiev,
Shostakovich, Khachaturian, and Kabalevsky. Who else?
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lumen
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response 27 of 46:
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Apr 16 03:56 UTC 1998 |
it must have been Shostakovich.
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keesan
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response 28 of 46:
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May 3 04:07 UTC 1998 |
You can sing along with Dvorak, I can't imagine anyone not liking his music.
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diznave
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response 29 of 46:
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May 18 17:17 UTC 1998 |
I pprefer to sing along with P.D.Q. Bach. Especially his rounds (see The Art
Of The Ground Round).
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lumen
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response 30 of 46:
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May 18 22:55 UTC 1998 |
Peter Schiekle is very humorous, but sometimes it's humor only a music major
could love. (For example, there's the recording where he and another person
go through a sonata like sports announcers-- you have to know the form to
appreciate).
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cloud
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response 31 of 46:
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May 19 00:27 UTC 1998 |
Now hold on, I've heard that one, and I thouroughly enjoyed it, yet I'm no
music major. Seriously, knowing some of that stuff might help, but it's still
funny to the less knowledgable.
BTW: has anybody heard PDQ Bach's spoof of (sorry about the spelling) "Eine
Kine Nocht music", entitled "Eine Kine Nicht Music"?
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orinoco
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response 32 of 46:
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May 19 01:24 UTC 1998 |
"Eine Kleine Nachtmusic", I believe.
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cloud
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response 33 of 46:
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May 19 02:12 UTC 1998 |
Yeah, that. Thanks, my spelling isn't really up to snuff. Or even chewing
tobacco, for that matter.
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rcurl
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response 34 of 46:
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May 19 04:30 UTC 1998 |
A German friend always laughed when I said Nachtmusic because I pronounce
it like Naktmusic.
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remmers
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response 35 of 46:
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May 19 06:36 UTC 1998 |
("Nachtmusik")
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diznave
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response 36 of 46:
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May 19 14:50 UTC 1998 |
Loving is as easy as falling off a log...
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gracel
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response 37 of 46:
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May 19 16:31 UTC 1998 |
To get the *full* benefit of Peter Schickele's "New Horizons in Music
Appreciation" (the first movement of Beethoven's fifth symphony with
sports-type "announcement"), you should have some acquaintance not only
with the music but also (much more necessary) with sports announcers in
their usual venue.
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diznave
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response 38 of 46:
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May 19 18:00 UTC 1998 |
"Well, Bob, it's a beautiful night for a concert. Not a cloud in the ceiling!"
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davel
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response 39 of 46:
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May 19 22:39 UTC 1998 |
Yes. When I first heard it, I thought it was outrageously dumb - but my
impression was that it was a parody of Beethoven. When I heard it a few years
later, I immediately recognized it as a parody of sports announcing, with
occasional jabs at the classical music culture (not the music, I think), and
was ROTFL.
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cloud
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response 40 of 46:
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May 19 23:09 UTC 1998 |
exactly!
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lumen
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response 41 of 46:
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May 21 01:33 UTC 1998 |
Aaaah, now I think I get it! :)
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goose
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response 42 of 46:
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May 22 19:08 UTC 1998 |
Krystof Penderecki -- Threnody for the victims of Hiroshima
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md
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response 43 of 46:
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May 24 12:47 UTC 1998 |
Verdi's Requiem. You'll sometimes find it called the "Manzoni
Requiem." The "Dies Irae" (Judgment Day -- literally, "Day
of Anger") movement features stupendous drum-strokes. In
performance, the percussionist turns the orchestra's biggest
loudest bass drum on its side and hammers it with all his
strength. It has to be the loudest sound ever produced by
a single acoustic instrument. The orchestra pounds out four
chords, the chorus sings "Dies irae, dies illa" ("Day of anger,
that day"), the orchestra plunges downward like an angry angel
chasing a sinnner, and then the orchestra pounds out those four
chords again, only this time, on the upbeat after each chord,
the percussionist hammers that bass drum. In that ad where the
guy is being blown backward in his easy chair by some speakers,
this is what he must be listening to.
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cloud
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response 44 of 46:
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May 24 12:51 UTC 1998 |
Wow, that's a great description of it.
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md
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response 45 of 46:
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May 25 12:58 UTC 1998 |
Thanks! Glad you liked it.
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faile
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response 46 of 46:
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Oct 26 06:04 UTC 1998 |
My favorite bit of the "concert cast" spoof is the bit where they say
something to the effect of "its a false recapitulation!!!! Its the
first theme, but it the wrong key!"
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