Richard Tsuyuki wrote:

>Mozart's PC 21 is in the RC and gets a lot of airplay.  So this is due to
>play figures.  Fine - why does PC 21 get great play figures while, I don't
>know, say, L'histoire du Soldat does not?

They've all seen *Elvira Madigan*.

>Why are there many people who could enthusiastically hum you the "Ode to
>Joy" theme but could hear the entire first three movements of Beethoven's
>9th without recognizing it?

They all saw *Immortal Beloved*.

>Why is "Moldau" so much more popular than the rest of Ma Vlast?

They're all familiar w/ Hatikva.

>Anyone else out there interested in these sorts of questions?

Now ask some hard ones!  (grin)

Walter Meyer