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