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Re: Humour in Music
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Nicolas Croze-Orton <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 7 Jul 1999 18:29:31 EDT
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[log in to unmask] writes:

>I found Charles Ives to be quite humorous.  Along with Porkofiev and
>Shostakovich.

Yes, although Shosty and Prokofiev`s humour is not meant to be funny at all
most of the time.  It is usually sour and ironic, not funny in the way
Haydn is...

Nicolas

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