Eric James wrote:
>I wasn't aware 1812 was frought with bad tunes. Beethoven's "Ode to Joy"
>tune has always seemed pretty crude to me, while the similar tune from the
>Choral Fantasia sounds much more elegant.
Kingsley Amis once said Ode To Joy was probably the most _boring_ of all
the great tunes. I think agree with him.
Great tunes? The one in the first of the Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances
always does it for me.
Tony Duggan
Staffordshire,
United Kingdom.