Klarinet Archive - Posting 000990.txt from 2000/06

From: LeliaLoban@-----.com
Subj: [kl] Cuckoos [was: [kl] C clarinet, was: other stuff]
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 14:22:20 -0400

David B. Niethamer wrote,
>Has everyone noticed that we get all the cuckoos? Mahler 1, Beethoven 6,
>Delius "On hearing the First Cuckoo..." Is this an editorial comment, or
>what? ;-)

LOL! I used to wonder the same thing. I figured a cuckoo bird probably
sounded something like a cuckoo clock. Then, the first time I heard a real,
live cuckoo bird remark, "Cuckoo!" I had to laugh, because it sounded
*exactly* like a clarinet playing, "Cuckoo!" 'Fraid we're stuck with the
role.

Lelia
[bong] Cuckoo!
[bong] Cuckoo!
[bong] Cuckoo!

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