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- From: jrs@netcom.com (John Switzer)
- Subject: Re: Wendy Carlos (was Re: Weird Al albums)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.182754.21668@netcom.com>
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- References: <FLW=Q4A@engin.umich.edu> <BzL7D1.64J@unix.amherst.edu> <1992Dec21.145830.18402@samba.oit.unc.edu>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 18:27:54 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.145830.18402@samba.oit.unc.edu> Chuck.Lavazzi@launchpad.unc.edu (Chuck Lavazzi) writes:
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- <<stuff ommitted>>
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- >>> Maybe this makes me *really* demented, but I really like the original.
- >>> It's the only thing that composer (why can I suddenly not remember his
- >>> name?) ever did that was worth while.
- >> Sir Edward Elgar? Or I am off?
-
- > Yeah, it's Elgar; part of the five "Pomp and Circumstance" marches
- >written for various coronations. But I think you'll find your last statement
- >to be a minority opinion among music lovers. Elgar's numerous oratorios have
- >a considerable following, to say nothing of the Cello Concerto or the Enigma
- >Variations or his symphonies.....
-
- Enigma Variations is one of my favorite pieces and well worth listening to.
- Some of its segments are pretty demented in their own right, though - the
- short one with the high-speed bassoon solo about the bulldog falling into
- the river still makes me laugh every time I hear it.
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