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Andrew Carlan <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 8 Apr 1999 02:15:03 -0400
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Chris Bonds lists the following characteristics of great tunes:

>Memorable
>Wear like iron
>Singable or hummable
>You catch yourself humming them at odd times of the day
>Unites people in a common cause if accompanied by at
>least 2 of the above ;-)

I guess once I got started I just didn't know when to stop.  So I stopped
arbitrarily.  But these are along hundreds of tunes I can't forgot.

   Bach
   Lobe den Herren
   Nun Danket Alle Gott
   Eine Feste Burg
   and hundreds of other chorales

   Haydn
   2nd mv't String Qt. op. 76/2 "Deutschand"

   Handel
   Every Valley
   I Know That My Redeemer Liveth

   Mendelssohn
   Sweet Remembrance (Songs Without Words)
   O Rest in the Lord (Elijah)

   Schubert
   Ave Maria (probably the most beautiful tune ever written)
   Schoene Mullerin
   Die Forelle
   Die Vogel
   and almost every other song he wrote

   Schumann
   Nussbaum
   much more

   Dvorak
   Second mv't from the New World Symphony

   Hugo Wolf
   Cradle Song

   Nielsen
   The Rose Now Blooms
   The Tiny Lark
   I Bear My Yolk With A Smile
   Den Milde Dag (from Springtime in Funen)
   Jens Vejmand
   Imogen Rose

   American spirituals
   Let Us Break Bread Together
   Got tired at this point!

Andrew Carlan

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