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- From: ladasky@netcom.com (John J. Ladasky II)
- Newsgroups: rec.music.classical
- Subject: Re: Carnival of the Animals
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.025447.20107@netcom.com>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 02:54:47 GMT
- References: <92364.121702LAURA@UCF1VM.BITNET>
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- In article <92364.121702LAURA@UCF1VM.BITNET>,
- LAURA@UCF1VM.BITNET (Laura Kittleson) writes:
- >A long time ago, in a town far far away, I used to listen to
- >a radio station that would occasionally play a recording of
- >Saint Saens' Carnival of the Animals, in which Noel Coward
- >read verses written by Ogden Nash, relevant to the work. I
- >cannot find this recording in any music store, catalog, in
- >Penguin or Schwann. Asking music store employees has not been
- >at all helpful. Does anyone know where I could find (for
- >purchase) a CD recording of this work? How about the ones
- >I've heard OF in which Hermione Gingold and Grace Kelly (two
- >separate recordings) read Nash's verse?
-
- Well, there's always the cheap imitation! :^)
-
- If you have a sense of humor about classical music, try
- "Carnival of the Animals, Part 2" by Weird Al Yankovic and
- Wendy Carlos. No, it's not the original music, but it's amusing.
-
-
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- == John J. Ladasky II ("ii") ========================= ladasky@netcom.COM ==
- "Great composers do not borrow - "Talking about music is like
- they steal." - John Ladasky ~ - dancing about architecture."
- (quote stolen from Stravinsky, who o o - Elvis Costello? Laurie
- stole it from a statement made by > Anderson? Frank Zappa?
- Pablo Picasso about painting, who \_/ -------------------------------
- stole it from...) "Property is theft." - Groucho
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