Klarinet Archive - Posting 000221.txt from 1999/09

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Borrowing themes from other composers
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 07:48:25 -0400

The piece is presumably "Wellingtons Sieg, oder, Die Schlacht bei
Vitoria". The tune you refer to was current in France at the time and
earlier, with words beginning, "Marlbrouck s'en-va-t-en en guerre",
referring to the Duke of Marlborough's exploits of nearly a century
before.
Roger Shilcock

On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Gary Truesdail wrote:

> Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 11:44:23 +0000
> From: Gary Truesdail <gtruesdail@-----.us>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Borrowing themes from other composers
>
> On the radio yesterday evening I heard a piece attributed to Beethoven.
> The title had something to do with Battle Themes. It contained what
> seemed to be a lot of fanfares or antique bugle calls with some familiar
> themes that were later copied into popular songs after 1900. I
> recognized the first 2 themes, the 2nd one sounds like the original "For
> He's A Jolly Good Fellow". All done in the style of Beethoven.
>
> Does anyone know if Beethoven is the originator of these themes or did
> he steal them too?
>
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