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Re: Irritating Openings
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Scott Morrison <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 14 Dec 1999 16:14:57 -0600
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John Deacon:

>May I suggest that the opening of Janacek's Sinfonietta is one of the most
>irritating of introductions to a major piece of music.  It's not that I
>dislike the whole work, just the opening.
>
>Has anyone any other instances of opening passages which really "wind them
>up"?

The Brahms First Piano Concerto.  What a lovely work otherwise.  But that
opening is so, er, crass.

Scott Morrison

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