Klarinet Archive - Posting 000022.txt from 1997/05

From: Jacqueline Eastwood <eastwooj@-----.EDU>
Subj: RE: Music, performance, and marching bands
Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 18:16:38 -0400

On Thu, 1 May 1997, Lord Rob wrote:

> >Maybe the "Star Wars Theme" isn't the "Marriage of Figaro", but
> >they stem from the same needs.
>
> The Star Wars Theme may not be "The Marriage of Figaro", but it
> DOES stem from Puccini's opera "Manon Lescaut"! (Just like the
> Jaws theme is just an obvious ripoff of Dvorak's 9th Symphony.) No,
> this doesn't really have any relevance to Klarinet, but Mark's choice
> of words was so ironic I couldn't resist pointing this out.
>
> Rob Teitelbaum
> Claremont McKenna College
>
>
Been there, played that (Manon Lescaut). Don't remember hearing anything
like Star Wars. Jog my memory, please!

Jacqueline Eastwood
University of Arizona/Arizona Opera Orchestra
eastwooj@-----.edu