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