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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000051.txt from 2007/01

From: Dennis Thiel <dathiel@-----.au>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Profanity????
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 23:02:23 -0500

Do I hear Bach turning in his grave? His use of oboe was prolific and
beautiful. Mostly composed for Lutheran services.
What a strange person must be Mr Keillor.

Dennis.

Oboeeee@-----.com wrote:
> "The oboe is the sensualist of the woodwind section, and if there is
> one wind Lutherans should avoid, it's probably this one. In movie
> soundtracks, you tend to hear the oboe when the woman is taking her
> clothes off. Also a little later when she asks the man for a
> cigarette. You start playing the oboe, you're going to have babies,
> take my word for it."
>
>
> -Garrison Keillor (1942) American author, humorist, columnist, musician,
> satirist, and radio personality
> "Young Lutheran's Guide to the Orchestra"
> *Keillor is best known as host of the American public media show, "A Prairie
> Home Companion."
>
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