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Re: Shostakovich and Light Music!
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Hector Aguilar <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 30 Sep 2002 11:27:03 -0700
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Ron Chaplin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I've just been listening to Shostakovich: ......Tahiti Trot
>is a "transcription of Vincent Youman's song 'Tea for Two!!!'"

Wasn't the transcription the result of a wager on whether or not
Shostakovich could harmonize the song in less than a minute? I heard
that this bet took place in a bar, and that Shostakovich won.

hector aguilar

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