Klarinet Archive - Posting 000006.txt from 1998/08

From: <Maestro645@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Classical Music and Young People
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 1998 10:03:04 -0400

In a message dated 8/1/98 2:03:20 AM EST, dodgshun@-----.nz writes:

<< The Verve (Bittersweet Symphony, Sonnet, Now the Drugs Don't Work) and
Radiohead are also using orchestral instruments, mostly strings, but
sometimes whole orchestras. And what about that Coolio song (I forget what
it's called) that has the Pachelbel Canon underlying it?
>>

And also the Chumbawamba song "I Get Knocked Down" has a trumpet playing
Purcell's "Trumpet Air" underneath the melody, as well as backup singers
singing "Londonderry Aire." Very interesting piece.
Chris Hoffman

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