Klarinet Archive - Posting 000076.txt from 1999/01

From: David Blumberg <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] re:Ode
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 20:57:29 -0500

<< Well, I could put joyful text to the Dies Irae, but it still is the Dies
Irae. So can the original tune be separated from the original text, and
still be what the composer intended? My answer is - no. Plagiaristic to
me..... >>
Well, I don't think you could successfully wed a joyful text to the Dies Irae
- too readily associated with its original text, and the mood of the music
absolutely wouldn't fit. But this kind of thing is done with hymn tunes and
texts all the time - there are several hymn texts associated with "Hymn to
Joy," as a matter of fact. And what about "My Country 'Tis of Thee" vs. "God
Save the Queen?" That works because they're both solemn, patriotic texts.
Just to be obnoxious, though, did you know you can interchange the tunes and
texts for "Amazing Grace," "House of the Rising Sun," and the theme song to
"Gilligan's Island?" Try it!
Sue Schwaegler

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Actually, I preferred the Ode to Joy to be a Hymn, and was pretty
disappointed that Beethoven didn't write a more godly text to it - being
such a beautiful theme. The Handel Messiah it is not (but sure to me sounds
like it should be).
David Blumberg
reedman@-----.com
http://www.sneezy.org/david_blumberg/

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