Let's Dance
Being essentially a closetet luddite, I am unable to make the hysterical 12-Tone Masters Commercial available here for you, so I will direct you to Alex Ross' post, where he's somehow made it available for download. Hilarious. (And how does one do that, tech-wise?) He told me he was persuaded by the Lulu Scream; myself, I was in stitches at the announcer's saying "Let's Dance" in reference to a Schoenberg Waltz. Thanks to close close friend Stephanie Mortimore for passing it on, and to another old friend, Edwin Outwater, for cluing Alex and myself in on the source of this hysterical sound byte--which I've now listened to at least 20 times!
posted by Daniel at 2:31 PM
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There was a line in there to the effect of checking out Webern's "romantic" Symphony, I think, that tore me apart, and his "sick, er, Six Orchestral Pieces." And I like those pieces!
Classical Music? Define your terms:
http://www.newmusicbox.org/chatter/chatter.nmbx?id=4529
And check out the finished Porgy:
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060219/ENTERTAINMENT05/602190313/1069
Did you read this?
http://www.slate.com/id/2136714/
Yup, the "Let's Dance" is what got me, too. Happy to see/read you in blogland--thanks to Mr. Ross's reference. By the way, any trips to SF in your future?
I'm with Tim: The "virtuoso" violinist scratching at the open strings just doubled me up. Of course, Igor's guest appearance was also a toss-your-head-back-and-laugh moment. Who put that together, anyway? It's brilliant.
George
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