Klarinet Archive - Posting 000484.txt from 2010/11

From: K S <krsmav@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Cloud Cuckoo Land
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 17:02:07 -0500

"Cloud Cuckoo Land" comes from "The Birds" by the Greek comic
playwright Aristophanes.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_cuckoo_land>=A0 It refers to an
unrealistic utopia where man hubristically seeks to replace the gods..
For too much additional information, see
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_%28play%29>.

Back when students learned Greek, every educated person would know
about Cloud Cuckoo Land. Now it's a learned reference, which fits
perfectly with the subject -- that modern musicians do not and cannot
know about early performance.

Congratulations to Jennifer. The reference was spot on.

Ken Shaw
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