Klarinet Archive - Posting 001074.txt from 1998/09

From: peter.stoll@-----.ca
Subj: Re: [kl] Recognize this musical notation joke?
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 21:35:39 -0400

I seem to remember the first one of these was from Britain, and was
headlined "Brass Band Audition Test Pieces". The first was labelled "Men's
Test Piece" and was one line long, a chorale theme (all whole and half
notes) with the "Women's Test Piece" being one of these musical
abominations of 12 stems on notes and crazy instructions (some unsubtle
social criticism I suspect!). Very funny; not sure if this was Jack Stamp
though.

Peter Stoll
Instructor, Univ.of Toronto

On Fri, 25 Sep 1998, Martin Pergler wrote:

> I have a 20th generation photocopy of a mock page of the most
> outlandish excesses of musical notation, with "performance
> indications" like "adagio cantabile with a rock tempo feel",
> "light explosives now", and "add sopranos and begin turning flame
> slightly higher".
>
> Anyone recognize where this comes from and where to get
> a better copy? Just the thing for rehearsals for
> a Young Composers' Concert...
>
> The top LH corner says "Based on a Cro-magnon skinning chant"
>
> Thanks for all pointers, Martin
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> Martin Pergler pergler@-----.edu
> Grad student, Mathematics http://www.math.uchicago.edu/~pergler
> Univ. of Chicago
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