The place for pianophiles and music lovers everywhere - free downloads of very rare and out of print music for piano and other instruments https://www.pianophilia.com/phpBB3/
If you're taking a census - I'd prefer it to be moved back.
Regards,
tobyjj
Re: Humour in music
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 3:28 pm
by tobyjj
passthesalt wrote:
quercus wrote:Thanks for the Liszt Hung Rhap #2! I performed the duet version a couple times many years ago, but misplaced the score and have been half-seriously trying to find it ever since. It's a great crowd-pleaser, but I had to put up with some flak from the "serious" people who thought it was immoral to play anything but the original.
- Bill
It seems priggish to get in a huff about the 2nd Hungarian Rhapsody. After all, there are 2 famous cartoons of it out there. Tom and Jerry did a great one. And then there's the immortal Bugs Bunny cartoon, where Bugs ended up throwing a stick of dynamite in the piano to get a pesky mouse and plays the high notes with his ears? I can't hear this anymore without starting to laugh.
tobyjj wrote:If you're taking a census - I'd prefer it to be moved back.
OK, I've moved it back but my original point still stands - this area should focus on piano sheet music as much as possible please.
Regards
Fred
Re: Humour in music
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 2:43 am
by tobyjj
Thank you FredB.
regards, tobyjj
Re: Humour in music
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 8:46 am
by Timtin
fredbucket wrote:
tobyjj wrote:If you're taking a census - I'd prefer it to be moved back.
OK, I've moved it back but my original point still stands - this area should focus on piano sheet music as much as possible please.
Regards
Fred
Perhaps 'Humour in piano music' might better serve as a thread title, in this case.
Btw, there's always the 'Musical puns, jokes, and teasers' thread hibernating in the
'Miscellaneous Matters Musical' section, which could presumably be used for any
non-piano related musical daftness of almost any type.
Re: Humour in music
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 10:19 pm
by sgambatiesque
Two sets of humorous variations in the style of the masters
GURLITT Op.155 Ach du lieber Augustin.pdf
OCHS S'kommt ein Vogel geflogen.pdf
Re: Humour in music
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 10:25 pm
by sgambatiesque
Which came first: Messiaen or E-G-G?
Birdsong music.jpg
Re: Humour in music
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 10:31 pm
by sgambatiesque
Some fugal writing on modern theme. The latter was played at last year's PROMS as an encore by Dejan Lazić.
GIOVANNI DETTORI Britney Spears Counterpoint.pdf
GIOVANNI DETTORI Lady Gaga Fugue.pdf
Re: Humour in music
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 1:28 am
by steveinminneapolis
Perhaps I am being too bold by making my first post here a link to my own performances, but some of the irrepressible Nicolas Slonimsky's Minitudes are so relevant to this thread that I can't resist. Here are the "Bad Egg Polka" and the "Cabbage Waltz". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s2pKyGu2ow. And two strange takes on the c-minor fugue from WTC I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mos9u0Rngf0. Enjoy!
