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At least 300. That's why it's so quiet.
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Malcolm Arnold's Grand Concerto Gastronomique
for Eater, Waiter, Food, and Orchestra Op76 is delicious!
This YouTube video isn't entirely correct, since the
waiter featured is, in fact, a waitress!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyVVWwGjbTU
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It makes me think of La Revue de Cuisine, by Martinu :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Revue_de_Cuisine
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It's a lovely work, and Martinu's own piano reduction,
edited by Christopher Hogwood, is great fun to play.
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Timtin wrote:Malcolm Arnold's Grand Concerto Gastronomique
for Eater, Waiter, Food, and Orchestra Op76 is delicious!
Written for one of the Hoffnumg Festivals (1961?)

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fredbucket wrote:
Timtin wrote:Malcolm Arnold's Grand Concerto Gastronomique
for Eater, Waiter, Food, and Orchestra Op76 is delicious!
Written for one of the Hoffnumg Festivals (1961?)

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... and does the score include a stave for the extra
wind instrument when baked beans are on the menu?

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Timtin wrote:... and does the score include a stave for the extra
wind instrument when baked beans are on the menu?
Not necessary. Ad lib.

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From the Bavarian Library (where else??) ... the tune is vaguely familiar ...

The Bavarian girl's song Buy a broom
Autor: Lee, Alexander
URL: http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de ... 0001.html/

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