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Author: BobD
Date: 2008-03-02 15:45
I was listening to the radio, half asleep in bed this morning, when the announcer said, "Schubert finished this piece the same year he finished his Unfinished Symphony." That woke me up and since then I've been wondering how many more such senseless musical comments exist.
Bob Draznik
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2008-03-02 15:53
Darn it, I always thought Schubert finished that symphony the year after he died. It's never too late to learn somthing new. ESP
www.peabody.jhu.edu/457
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Author: cigleris
Date: 2008-03-02 16:12
Just listen to Classic FM here in England, the presenters do things like that all the time. I switched of years ago because of it.
Peter Cigleris
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Author: Alseg
Date: 2008-03-02 16:17
"This CD features the most hummable tunes by Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern"
Former creator of CUSTOM CLARINET TUNING BARRELS by DR. ALLAN SEGAL
-Where the Sound Matters Most(tm)-
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Author: davyd
Date: 2008-03-02 19:30
OK, but which unfinished Schubert symphony? There are at least 5 of them.
Some doofus announcer informed us that Mozart wrote his Fantasia For A Musical Clock 'early in the last year of his life'. Er, Mozart had no idea that's what 1791 would be.
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Author: JJAlbrecht
Date: 2008-03-02 20:52
Rap Music.
Enough said.
Jeff
“Everyone discovers their own way of destroying themselves, and some people choose the clarinet.” Kalman Opperman, 1919-2010
"A drummer is a musician's best friend."
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2008-03-03 22:29
Myself.
Alexi
PS - Whoops. I thought it was "musical morons". I read incorrectly! hehehe.
US Army Japan Band
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Author: davyd
Date: 2008-03-04 17:43
Towards the end of Strauss' "Emperor waltz", there's a section for which the tempo indication is 'Piu meno', which is 'More less'. WTF? Maybe 'Piu lento' is meant?
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2008-03-04 17:47
Yeah, but didn't Walter Gropius say 'less is more'?
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: smokindok
Date: 2008-03-05 01:10
JJM said:
Check this out, very funny...!
Wes Phillips Blog
187 of the Greatest Hits by the Twelve Tone Masters:
http://blog.stereophile.com/wesphillips/022306twelvetone/
JJM
I recognize that voice: Bob Conrad from WCLV, Cleveland . I have not heard this one before, but he did a number of spoof commercials for the radio show "Saturday Night", which continues in syndication as "Weekend Radio." These date back to when Matthias Bamert was resident conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra during the Lorin Maazel tenure.
My favorite "commercial" was for "Great Square Inches of Art" (very similar to the 12 tone commercal... your opportunity to own reproductions of the most famous square inches from all the great works of art).
Thanks for the link!
John
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Author: ChrisArcand
Date: 2008-03-05 03:12
"Some doofus announcer informed us that Mozart wrote his Fantasia For A Musical Clock 'early in the last year of his life'. Er, Mozart had no idea that's what 1791 would be."
Is the announcer insinuating that Mozart wrote that because he "knew" it was his last year? According to that, nothing sounds awkward...
Unless I'm missing something, I'm unfamiliar with the piece...
CA
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2008-03-07 06:08
"Rap Music"
Some rap songs are great. I know some American rap songs that are very good music, but the lyrics are silly so I ignore them (I bet there are also songs with good lyrics, but I haven't heard them). At least one local rap group is great and also has excellent lyrics (most of the time).
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Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2008-03-18 14:29
<Jazz oboe is another!>
Not really. Ever hear of Paul Winter? Craig Matovich?
Me, I'm just a swing oboist. Jimmy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Woody Herman -- anything else I can get my hands on -- all lay very well, with a few adaptations, on the oboe. (Oboe can use alto and tenor sax charts very nicely, BTW.)
I'm always on the lookout for more of these old solo arrangements for my personal use, in case anyone on this board has a source. I've gotten most of what I have by accident, finding them in piles of old sheet music that I bought for other purposes.
Susan
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2008-03-18 15:25
I think you mean Paul McCandless, who plays oboe and english horn (and bass clarinet) with the Paul Winter Consort (and Oregon), not Paul Winter.
Best regards,
jnk
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Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2008-03-18 19:58
<I think you mean Paul McCandless, who plays oboe and english horn (and bass clarinet) with the Paul Winter Consort (and Oregon), not Paul Winter.>
Whoops! That's what I get for writing before my coffee has a chance to work! Thanks for the correction.
Susan
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