Klarinet Archive - Posting 000070.txt from 1997/05

From: ELYONS <ELYONS@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Music, performance, and marching bands
Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 18:17:25 -0400

Jacqueline Eastwood wrote:
>
> 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

Dont know about the origins of star wars theme. But if you think about
it, the theme from Star Wars and Born Free seem to be the same melodies
reversed.