Klarinet Archive - Posting 000011.txt from 2006/06

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] ebony and ivory
Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 07:36:43 -0400

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Rien Stein wrote:
> But I wondered suddenly about the Ebony and Ivory Duo. Does it mean this
> duo (clarinet and piano?) is made up from a white and a black man? And
> if so, why stress the difference in skin colour?

Fred has already given his answer, but for what it's worth, "Ebony and
Ivory" is the name of a song by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. The
lyrics ask why if black and white sit side by side in perfect harmony on
the piano keyboard, "Why can't we?".

Then there was the one I remember singing in school as a very small kid,
which went,

"The ink is black,
The page is white,
Together we learn to read and write,
To read and write."

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