Klarinet Archive - Posting 000060.txt from 2004/07
From: ormondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya) Subj: Re: [kl] Lilliebolero Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 10:40:56 -0400
Tony Wakefield wrote:
> Purcell put his name to it (thief) as in 1689 he
> titled it =B4A new Irish Tune=B4, and because there
> is an alleged Dutch origin for the tune a
> century and a half earlier.
So there's another piece of the history. This melody has led a varied
life 'on the street' !
What I can't find is any explanation of how an American got his hands on
this song and rewrote it while retaining a name tag as unmistakable as
"laroo laroo". A Google search for:
> "Lillie Bolero" Italy OR Italian
gives no hits.
What the heck, maybe we should rewrite it once again.... for Brittany
Spears or Eminem....
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