Mats Norrman ([log in to unmask]) wrote: >Speaking about the march in Beethoven 9 - it is a great joke. Imagine >writing world historys most serious symphony, and then comes this!! I >consider it an example of the masters most contraversial humour - and >humour is avalue in Beethoven. I think it fun, although maybe a bit >inappropriate - old Ludwig should have had a kick in his ass for that! c1987 I sang in a more-or-less scratch performance on the 9th in St. Albans. I well remember the conductor (whose name totally escapes me) telling the wind at the beginning of the march: imagine you're in a small German town band; ever member of the band *knows* he is the most important person in it. Deryk Barker [log in to unmask]