Klarinet Archive - Posting 000081.txt from 1999/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] re:Beethoven Ode to Joy
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 21:59:44 -0500

At 12:59 PM 1/3/99 -0500, David Blumberg wrote:
>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.....

Remember, the Star-Spangled Banner is just new words to an old British
drinking song. I'm sure the original composer was horrified at this
flagrant misappropriation of his creative talents.

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