To: VOCALIST-at-lists.oulu.fi
Subject: transposing, now logic and humor
Date sent: Tue, 08 Feb 2000 14:43:52 PST
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"mike" said:

really think schumann, a once noted pianist didn't really care piano accompinaments were played in? do we really think key scheme in 'dichterliebe' when we transpose it to schumann? apparently so. this practice is by audiences. it is fostered by voice if usage is the rule, then all we until it, too, is a rule. jack if you do something laugh.

Sorry, "mike" but Jack Benny was talking about something that was actually
funny (or acceptable, using your logic) the first time. He really meant that
after the third time, the audience will not find the gag humorous, but
tedious. This is well known to comedic actors and writers.

Jocelyn Thulin-Gooch
Lyric Soprano
Alameda, California

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