Klarinet Archive - Posting 001329.txt from 2000/05

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Beethoven 9th
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 07:00:17 -0400

At 06:50 PM 5/30/2000 -0700, Daniel Leeson wrote:
>While we're on the subject, I wrote a wry story for the New Yorker
>(which turned it down after several months of consideration) that
>offered the premise that Beethoven's 9th was not nearly as good a work
>as "Yes We Have No Bananas." I don't think they have much of a sense of
>humor which is very strange for a humor magazine. On the other hand,
>maybe it was a lousy story. But it is being used in music appreciation
>classes at Harvard because I was asked by the dean of the music school
>if he could use it. Some day I must find out what he is doing with it.
>
Maybe the New Yorker just didn't appreciate music? This sounds like the
sort of article *I* would greatly enjoy. Any chance of posting it?

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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