Musical musings

[Sorrano]

Thanks, I'll have to check that out!

[Michael]

This is from the Flying Circus series? I have the entire set but don't recall this sketch; I will have to go back through them....

It's actually episode 8 of the second series but, just to confuse us, they call it episode 21 (by adding in the first series of 13).
If you have the same DVD set as I have, Sorrano, it's the first programme on Disc Two of the second series.

[Sorrano]

This is from the Flying Circus series? I have the entire set but don't recall this sketch; I will have to go back through them....

[Michael]

The Sketch was forwarded to me by a friend who apparently finds films about Beethoven boring, believe it or not!

I see from my Monty Python files that this sketch was first broadcast on the 17th November, 1970 - just weeks before Beethovens 200th birthday. It's episode 21 of the second series - available on DVD if you can stand it.
The very first Monty Python sketch ever broadcast - on 5th October 1969 - was called "It's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart!"

[Megan]

Nonsense! Of course there were Mynah birds in Beethoven's day! And vacuums. And iron-frame pianos tuned to A=440Hz. And not least, men dressed up as women speaking in "ritualistic" high voices. Today we call such creatures "priests". My thanks to Megan for this gem of a sketch. How do you know where to find these things? Do you type key words into the Google search engine thingie [sic] along the lines "Mynah birds, Beethoven, men dressed as women" or what?

The Sketch was forwarded to me by a friend who apparently finds films about Beethoven boring, believe it or not!

[Quijote]

Long been a favourite of mine. However, it is very inaccurate historically.

Nonsense! Of course there were Mynah birds in Beethoven's day! And vacuums. And iron-frame pianos tuned to A=440Hz. And not least, men dressed up as women speaking in "ritualistic" high voices. Today we call such creatures "priests". My thanks to Megan for this gem of a sketch. How do you know where to find these things? Do you type key words into the Google search engine thingie [sic] along the lines "Mynah birds, Beethoven, men dressed as women" or what?

[Michael]

Gott in Himmel!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ9uteDz3So



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Long been a favourite of mine. However, it is very inaccurate historically.

[Sorrano]

Thanks for sharing that, Megan!

[Megan]

Beethoven's Mynah Bird

Gott in Himmel!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ9uteDz3So



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[Quijote]

I never heard of this "virtuoso" before, but no doubt he could play the Bach double violin concerto all on his own! Perhaps he is a reincarnation of Paganini? He does look a litle bit "diabolic-Italian".
Of course, one should never try such a thing with two 'cellos, unless one wanted a hernia...

[Megan]

Is this for real?

I definately need more violin practice!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qlGW...layer_embedded

[Sorrano]

Thanks for sharing those! They are very funny, indeed!

[Bonn1827]

Some musical 'terms' which I got from a friend who is the conductor of a choir. I had a laugh about this with him on the weekend!!

An Dante - Play infernally slowly

Angus Dei - Play with a divine beefy tone.
Anti-phonal - Referring to the prohibition of mobile phones in the concert hall.
A patella - Unaccompanied knee slapping
Appologgiatura - A composition you regret playing
Approximature - A series of notes played by a performer, not intended by the composer
Coral Symphony - See Beethoven - Caribbean period
Frugalhorn - A sensible, inexpensive brass instrument
Gregorian champ - Monk who can hold a note the longest
Opera buffa - Musical stage production by nudists
Tempo tantrum - Refusal to keep time with the conductor

Good Conductor
1. A person who can give an electrifying performance
2. One who obeys the orchestra and/or choir

[Sorrano]

It's still here - http://www.gyrix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3155

My bad on that! I forgot it was "comedy" and not "humor". Thanks!

[Chris]

It's still here - http://www.gyrix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3155