Comments on: Silly and fun classical parodies http://jennifergrucza.com/blog/archives/2005/08/05/silly-and-fun-classical-parodies Web Development, Classical Music, Kitties, and whatever else I feel like Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:34:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5 by: blogdog http://jennifergrucza.com/blog/archives/2005/08/05/silly-and-fun-classical-parodies#comment-1455 Mon, 22 Aug 2005 17:19:25 -0700 http://jennifergrucza.com/blog/archives/2005/08/05/silly-and-fun-classical-parodies#comment-1455 Hi Jennifer! Nice of you to visit. The classical parodies remind me of PDQ Bach's famed "Unbegun Symphony." To this day I can't hear Mozart's 40th without waiting for "Anchors Aweigh" to come in. About "Souvenir de Florence" -- Both the program notes for the concert and the review in the local (Portland) paper were amazingly bitchy and hadn't a single nice thing to say between them about the piece. I enjoyed it very much, and one of Greg's composition professors back at UCSB held Souvenir up as a good example of well-done orchestration. It just goes to show you: If you can't say anything nice, get a job writing a music column. Hi Jennifer! Nice of you to visit. The classical parodies remind me of PDQ Bach’s famed “Unbegun Symphony.” To this day I can’t hear Mozart’s 40th without waiting for “Anchors Aweigh” to come in.

About “Souvenir de Florence” — Both the program notes for the concert and the review in the local (Portland) paper were amazingly bitchy and hadn’t a single nice thing to say between them about the piece. I enjoyed it very much, and one of Greg’s composition professors back at UCSB held Souvenir up as a good example of well-done orchestration. It just goes to show you: If you can’t say anything nice, get a job writing a music column.

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