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Re: The Most Perfect Slice of the VW Cake
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James Tobin <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 20 Oct 2003 21:18:38 -0500
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Bernard Chasan:

>I nominate "The Lark Ascending" as the most beautiful of RVW's works,
>and one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever.  Not the most
>expressive, not the deepest, but the most beautiful.

Since you put it this way, I'll second the motion.

But I would not change a note in RVW's Oboe Concerto, or Hodie either.
I'm afraid I have always found "Serenade to Music" TOO pretty, but I
find the instrumental version preferable to the choral.

Jim Tobin

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