pc@unisoft.UUCP (Paul Campbell) (08/16/85)
> A friend of mine has a dog who performed at Carnegie Recital Hall. > > A young New York composer wrote a piece for piano and three dogs > and auditioned a hundred or so dogs for the concert. My friend's > dog was one of the three that made it. Really! I saw the videotape! I once attended a concert put on by a number of cars. They had been auditioned according to their horn-pitch and a three pice work written for them (after the composer had autitioned them). The composer stood on a pile of tires and conducted them with a screw-driver. They got a standing ovation and played an encore .... Paul Campbell ..!ucbvax!unisoft!paul
gordon@cae780.UUCP (Brian Gordon) (08/30/85)
In article <757@mcnc.mcnc.UUCP> bch@mcnc.UUCP (Byron Howes) writes: > ... A more serious moment is provided >by Dennis Brain (at the time the world's greatest French Horn player) playing >a Concerto for Aplhorn by Leopold Mozard (Wolfie's father) on an "odd length" >of garden hose. No self-respecting French horn player (ok, so former French horn player) can let that go unchallenged. Brain - "greatest" - harumphhhhhhhhhhh. I'll concede him as one of the better technicians, but tone and finesse he couldn't even READ about, let alone demonstrate ... FROM: Brian G. Gordon, CAE Systems Division of Tektronix, Inc. UUCP: tektronix!teklds!cae780!gordon {ihnp4, decvax!decwrl}!amdcad!cae780!gordon {nsc, hplabs, resonex, qubix, leadsv}!cae780!gordon *UNTIL THE MOVE* USNAIL: 1333 Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089 AT&T: (408)745-1440 *AFTER THE MOVE* USNAIL: 5302 Betsy Ross Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95054 AT&T: (408)727-1234 Down 54 1/4 pounds, and counting ...