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Mechanical Music for Teenagers
By Michael Hamilton

[ Mark Kinsler wrote in 051204 MMDigest:

> A good bit of present top-40 music consists of adaptations of
> '60's stuff.  This is interesting because, had we done the same
> thing in the '60's, we'd have been reviving the music of the 1920's.
> Which we did not.  I think.

While 1920s songs may not have been adapted in the '60s, this idea is
certainly not new.  Many songs of the big band era were arrangements of
classical music from the late 1800s.  Off the top of my head, I recall
a Glenn Miller program from about 1939 where the most requested tune
was Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1.  Another is Ray Noble's adaptation
of the Blue Danube Waltz.

Michael Hamilton


(Message sent Mon 5 Dec 2005, 14:17:55 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

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