Trivia question for my fellow classical music lovers. Elgar wrote the first piece of music alluding to drugs some 60+ years before the Beatles. What was this piece?
Originally posted by scacchipazzo Trivia question for my fellow classical music lovers. Elgar wrote the first piece of music alluding to drugs some 60+ years before the Beatles. What was this piece?
Originally posted by scacchipazzo Classical trivia thread
Which Frank Zappa compositions were played by all three of the following: Pierre Boulez's Ensemble InterContemporain [in 1984] , the London Symphony Orchestra [in 1983], and the Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra [in 1975]?
Originally posted by scacchipazzo Trivia question for my fellow classical music lovers. Elgar wrote the first piece of music alluding to drugs some 60+ years before the Beatles. What was this piece?
Drum roll please....! Cockaigne Overture, 1901. or Cockayne (pron.: /kɒˈkeɪn/); 'Cockaigne' was a term used by moralists at that time as a metaphor for gluttony and drunkenness, while Britain adopted the name humorously for London. There is no narrative programme, but the work presents various aspects of turn-of-the-century London and Londoners. It begins with a quiet but bustling theme which leads into an unbroken sequenceof snapshots: the cockneys, the church bells, the romantic couples, a slightly ragged brass band (perhaps the Salvation Army) and a contrastingly grand and imperious military band. The broad theme representing Londoners.
At the beginning of the twentieth century the success of the Enigma Variations had been followed by the initial failure of The Dream of Gerontius, which caused Elgar to be dispirited and declare that God was against art. Nevertheless, on receiving a commission from the Royal Philharmonic Society he began work on the new piece and soon reported that it was 'cheerful and Londony, "stout and steaky"' ... 'honest, healthy, humorous and strong, but not vulgar'.
Originally posted by scacchipazzo Drum roll please....! Cockaigne Overture, 1901. or Cockayne (pron.: /kɒˈkeɪn/); 'Cockaigne' was a term used by moralists at that time as a metaphor for gluttony and drunkenness, while Britain adopted the name humorously for London. There is no narrative programme, but the work presents various aspects of turn-of-the-century London and Lon ...[text shortened]... Londony, "stout and steaky"' ... 'honest, healthy, humorous and strong, but not vulgar'.
Originally posted by FMF Which Frank Zappa compositions were played by all three of the following: Pierre Boulez's Ensemble InterContemporain [in 1984] , the London Symphony Orchestra [in 1983], and the Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra [in 1975]?
NO foul! Since you did not like the answer here's a riddle: Variegated dullness speaks of he who oft stumbles upon his own feet. Previously known as "a mighty hunter before the Lord".
Originally posted by FMF Which Frank Zappa compositions were played by all three of the following: Pierre Boulez's Ensemble InterContemporain [in 1984] , the London Symphony Orchestra [in 1983], and the Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra [in 1975]?
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