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A violinist noticed at the end of each rehearsal break, one of the violists would look at the inside flap of his jacket before he sat down to resume rehearsal. This continued for several decades, and the violinist became quite curious about it. One day, during hot weather, the violist took off his jacket and went off on break. The violinist waited until everyone was off the platform, looked around, and sneaked over to the jacket. He pulled back the flap and saw a little note pinned on the inside. It read: "viola left hand, bow right."


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A man went into a novelty shop and saw an item that caught his fancy almost immediately. It was a stuffed rat. The man couldn't take his eyes off it, and finally asked how much it cost. The answer was "$79.95, but if you buy it, you can't return it for any reason." The man thought this was a bit odd, but he was really taken by the stuffed rat so he bought it.

As he headed down the street with the stuffed rat, several live rats started following him. He thought this was really odd, but he kept walking. Within a few blocks, he had a huge pack of rats behind him. When he got to the river, he threw the stuffed rat into the river, and all the live rats jumped into the river and drowned.

The man returned to the shop. As soon as he walked in, the owner said "I told you you couldn't return the stuffed rat!"

The man said "No! I don't want to return it! I was wondering if you had any stuffed violists."


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A viola player decides that he's had enough of being a viola player--unappreciated, all those silly jokes. So he decides to change instruments.

He goes into a shop, and says, "I want to buy a violin."

The man behind the counter looks at him for a moment, and then says, "You must be a viola player."

The viola player is astonished, and says, "Well, yes, I am. But how did you know?"

"Well, sir, this is a fish-and-chip shop."

Re: Anology

Date: 2003-12-31 12:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] violachic.livejournal.com
I'm a bit of an unashamed music snob. While most of the time, I'll enjoy a great performance of about anything (I really love ballet, for instance, and I will watch any well-coreographed, well-executed performance of "The Nutcracker"- except, of course, if I've been playing it nonstop for the previous month and a half myself), but I'm kind of sensitive of what has become "pop classical music" (my term). I think perhaps I have a built-in bias against Sarah Brightman because I pretty much abhor anything by Andrew Lloyd Weber except JC Superstar and Joseph and his colored coat business. Andre Bocelli has a beautiful voice, and I'm glad its turned people onto opera, but he doesn't hold a candle in any way to legitimate stage opera singers (don't even) get me started on Charlotte Church- I don't have very nice things to say). I agree, Erik Satie is a genius- so is Vivaldi, its just that so much of Vivaldi gets overplayed; but I would take a brilliantly performed "Four Seasons" any day.

Re: Anology

Date: 2003-12-31 12:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] piddyx.livejournal.com
"Pop classical" music should be a real term. I'm sure you are more educated about musical theory and history than myself. Is there something that pop-classik has in common, beyond being used in diamond commercials?

Re: Anology

Date: 2003-12-31 12:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] violachic.livejournal.com
Pop classical music, to me, is like christian pop music- snappy, and sometimes pretty, fairly entertaining, but basically pretty shallow.

Re: Anology

Date: 2003-12-31 01:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] piddyx.livejournal.com
Is there something stylisticly simular?

Re: Anology

Date: 2004-01-01 01:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] violachic.livejournal.com
Nope.... just... I dunno :-D

Re: Anology

Date: 2003-12-31 12:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] violachic.livejournal.com
oh yeah- and neither of them require a great deal of thought

Re: Anology

Date: 2003-12-31 01:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] piddyx.livejournal.com
I think we may need a few examples to talk around, but I cant think of a satisfactory example.

"Pop classical" is your term, so can you give me two examples of music that epitomise the word?

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