Yes, this forum is a hotbed of controversy, but we can all agree on one thing:This Guy wrote: Mozart is way above Haydn.
That Guy wrote: Thems' fightin' words!
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This Guy wrote: Tastes great!
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This Guy wrote: How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
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A Radio Show We Hope Will Never Happen
JH: Good morning, everyone. Welcome to The Joe & Wolfy Show on station WALTZ. I'm your host, Joe Haydn.
WM: And I'm your other host, Wolfy Mozart. Hey, I looked for you yesterday. Why can't I ever find you?
JH: That's because I'm always Haydn. Incidentally, this morning our show is sponsored by Porridge Pasticcio, the breakfast food that makes you wish it were lunchtime.
WM: The very thought makes me want to stay in bed. Anyway, we have a swell show this morning. Right, Joe?
JH: That's right, Wolfy. We'll start with some of my foot-stompin' minuets. That should wake up everyone.
WM: What a surprise. Then I'll tickle the ivories in one of my awesome piano concerti. Great stuff, eh?
JH: Nothing but the best. Did you hear that one of our less scrupulous competitors landed in big trouble?
WM: Yes, indeed. Our nemesis Ricky Wagner over at station KROON got some bad citations by the broadcasting board. It seems he started to play commercials during the pauses between phrases in the Bruckner symphonies.
JH: And just last month he presented his stupid music dramas about washing machines, The Rinse Cycle.
WM: I had always wondered who wrote the first soap operas. Now, we should mention our special musical guest for this morning, none other than Luggage Van Beethoven.
JH: You mean Rubbish Can Beethoven. We can call him anything we want because he's as deaf as a music critic.
WM: Welcome to the show, Ludwig. If you're German, how come you have a Dutch surname?
LB: What?
JH: Har de har har! This Beethoven guy is a laugh a minute. We'll have more side-splitting guffaws later in the show. Maybe we should look at the news, Wolfy.
WM: Righto, Joe. The Emperor has formed an elite squad of etiquette police to patrol concerts and operas here in Vienna. They will eject or arrest members of the audience who cough or snore too much during the music.
JH: It's about time. What about people who just won't shut up, or people with really bad breath?
WM: They are punishable by 10 years in prison, or hearing The Four Seasons by Vivaldi 500 times nonstop.
JH: Here's an item about a church musician looking for an organ donor. The waiting list for new organs is long, so the church would also accept a steam calliope.
WM: Now the weather. Locally we expect outbursts of atonal cacophony near the Second Viennese School.
JH: In France, Hector Berlioz has a Royal Hunt and Storm, while Claude Debussy reports The Snow is Dancing. Between Germany and England, Felix Mendelssohn predicts Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage.
WM: Finally, in the new United States of America, Ferde Grofé has a Cloudburst in The Grand Canyon Suite.
Dave
David Stybr, Engineer and Composer: It's Left Brain vs. Right Brain: best 2 falls out of 3
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String Quintet No. 2 in B Minor (complete) (20:00)
http://www.SibeliusMusic.com/cgi-bin/sh ... reid=53172
I. Variation-Sonata (5:00); II. Andante cantabile (5:00); III. Intermezzo and Anthem (5:00); IV. Finale: Allegro con brio (5:00)
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Murder of a Smart Cookie
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