Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Which one of you sent me this? > > GREAT MOMENTS IN FRACTURED MUSICAL HISTORY > Here is a list of quotes from grade school essays on classical > music. > ? "J.S. Bach died from 1750 to the present" > ? "Agnus Dei was a woman composer famous for her church > music." > ? "Refrain means don't do it. A refrain in music is the part > you better not try to sing." > ? "Handel was half German, half Italian, and half English. > He was rather large." > ? "Beethoven wrote music even though he was deaf. He was > so deaf he wrote loud music. He took long walks in the forest > even when everyone was calling him. I guess he could not hear > so good. Beethoved expired in 1827 and later died from this." > ? "Henry Purcell is a well-known composer few people have > ever heard of." > ? "An opera is a song of bigly size." > ? "A harp is a nude piano." > ? "Aaron Copland is one of our most famous contemporary > composers. It is unusual to be contemporary. Most composers > do not live until they are dead." > ? "A virtuoso is a musician with real high morals." > ? "Music sung by two people at the same time is called a > duel." > ? "I know what a sextet is but I'd rather not say." > ? "Most authorities agree that music of antiquity was written > long ago." > ? "My favorite composer is opus." > ? "Probably the most marvelous fugue was between the > Hatfields and the McCoys." > ? "My very best liked piece is the bronze lullaby." _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html