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Shakespeare’s plays were almost all based on stories from previous works. How many notes are there? How many possible arrangements are there? Good grief! I’m all for respecting the artist’s rights, but there are limits.
So, anyway, (that’s one of my pet phrases) I’m still wondering what chunder means, so I guess I’ll check out your links. That was all very interesting, but I think the whole suit thing is ridiculous. They should be honored to have someone honor their melodies but these days everything seems to be about getting your money from someone else. Great blog, though!
Thanks, Sheila. Although I’m against the suit, I also think it’s a bummer that the chick who wrote the little ditty isn’t alive to get a little money, anyway.
So, did you look up chunder? Hehe… You made me look up vug! I love learning new words. :)
~Tui
This is fairly ridiculous. There’s agood blog and comments on it here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/tomserviceblog/2010/feb/08/men-at-work-music-mozart
Thanks for the link, woofmutt!
I didn’t realize that about Mozart’s Requiem, but I do know of several cases where classical composers have incorporated folk melodies into their work. Bennett’s “Suite of Old American Dances,” for instance. Catchy stuff, by the way.
~Tui
How odd, Prof J, I see that the Internets have eaten my original response to your comment! You make a good point there, with Shakespeare.
Y’know, we are lucky that many artists have recorded folk tales and songs that might have been otherwise lost. Grimm’s fairy tales, for instance. Bela Bartok, too, recorded many Hungarian folk melodies that could have been completely lost and forgotten.
I hope this comment survives! ~Tui