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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000053.txt from 2007/01

From: "Grace Tice" <gtice@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Profanity/Keillor's orchestra
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 23:24:57 -0500

Dennis,
There is a whole spiel that Keillor does about the instruments of the
orchestra and the personalities of the players. It's supposed to be
humorous. I personally have never witnessed anyone disrobing, smoking or
having a baby while I was playing :-)

Janie/Anybody got a copy of the whole thing? Post it if you do. It's worth
reading again.
Grace

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Thiel" <dathiel@-----.au>
To: <doublereed@-----.org>

> 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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