Klarinet Archive - Posting 000937.txt from 1999/03

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Copyright (was [kl] Gilbert and Sullivan parody)
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 23:38:13 -0500

From: Steven J Goldman, MD <sjgoldman@-----.com>
>The G&S parody was one of thoughs throw away things that
>people do for the fun of it.

The problem, Steve, is that we don't _know_ that it was a throw-away.
years back Allen Sherman did great (well, funny, anyway) musical
parodies ("Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda") that were in the same vein and
style - and made a living at it. This wasn't a one-line joke - it was a
whole piece.
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"The phenomenon is too variable for proper study" often
translates from "I don't know how to get musicians to do
anything twice the same" - A. H. Benade

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