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« Reply #3405 on: 08:16:32, 21-06-2008 » |
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Reminds me of that anacdote of Sir Thomas Beecham's, unfortunately I cant remember it!!
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« Reply #3406 on: 08:27:20, 21-06-2008 » |
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"Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands, and all you can do is scratch it!".
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« Reply #3407 on: 09:58:12, 21-06-2008 » |
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You may be interested in another of his quotations BBM... "Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away."  |
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« Reply #3408 on: 10:04:11, 21-06-2008 » |
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...then there is also this one:
"The best instrument is the bag-pipes. They sound exactly the same when you have finished learning them as when you start."
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« Reply #3409 on: 18:17:43, 21-06-2008 » |
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I was on holiday in (what I thought was) a quiet corner of Crete 2 years ago, when a chap in full Scots regalia appeared playing his bagpipes outside the taverna!
Surreal.
x Jan x
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« Reply #3410 on: 19:04:47, 21-06-2008 » |
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"Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands, and all you can do is scratch it!".
Tommo
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« Reply #3411 on: 20:08:11, 21-06-2008 » |
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I really dislike the Debussy Violin Sonata. Only realized that today. I find that very liberating, somehow, that realizing that I have an opinion that I didn't know about.
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« Reply #3412 on: 21:56:54, 21-06-2008 » |
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Sorry to hear that T F , I love it! But... I do agree , it is so liberating to admit there are pieces of music, or types of music that you don't like.... and don't have to like!!!!
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« Reply #3413 on: 22:06:18, 21-06-2008 » |
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Hey A, name a piece that you knew for a long time before realizing that you didn't like it. Or perhaps anyone else ahs such an anecdote to relate. Not worth its own thread, though, I imagine.
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« Reply #3414 on: 22:10:21, 21-06-2008 » |
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I'll lead with Rite of Spring and the Bartók Concerto for Orchestra...
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« Reply #3415 on: 00:09:17, 22-06-2008 » |
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I am beginning to wonder whether or not I really do like Elgar's Introduction and Allegro.
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« Reply #3416 on: 00:11:44, 22-06-2008 » |
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Beethoven's 9th symphony ( I'll get my coat!!)
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« Reply #3417 on: 00:16:09, 22-06-2008 » |
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I'll lead with Rite of Spring and the Bartók Concerto for Orchestra...
Blimey - now Ollie has got me thinking - I'm beginning to wonder whether or not I like music! |
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« Reply #3418 on: 07:13:41, 22-06-2008 » |
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I'll lead with Rite of Spring and the Bartók Concerto for Orchestra...
Well, TBH I don't think I ever liked Sacre -- perhaps because I was under too much pressure to respect it. TBH = to be honest; did I just coin something there?! Love to waffle, I do. Now. New thing. |
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« Reply #3419 on: 08:18:43, 22-06-2008 » |
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TBH = to be honest; did I just coin something there?!
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tbhHey A, name a piece that you knew for a long time before realizing that you didn't like it. Or perhaps anyone else ahs such an anecdote to relate. Not worth its own thread, though, I imagine.
I'm trying to think if there's a piece of music that fits that description. Largely it's a matter of discovering that my initial dislike of a piece had something to do with a superficial judgment. |
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