Doublereed Archive - Posting 000083.txt from 2003/02

From: Oboeeee@-----.com
Subj: [DR-L] [Dblrd-L] Quote of the Day
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 20:22:42 -0500

"This idea of having four oboes for two parts gives the extra players more
opportunity to think of home cooking than of playing. Two parts for two
players seems to me to be correct. But a good deal of talent is lost in
doubling men for each part. It reminds us of the lazy man and the diligent
man who were called upon to lift a fat woman who had suddenly fainted. The
lazy man said to the diligent, "You lift while I groan!"

-John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) American bandmaster and march composer
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