4.02.2006

The Early Music Aristocrats

Somebody referred to this new music joke at one of the Sequenza21 discussions, and I've been very fascinated it.

So, here it is, re-fashioned from new music to the HIP crowd:
-I have to tell you about this Beethoven program I read about last week. It was really something.
-What happened?
-It was "Beethoven as he sounded to himself." They opened with the Emperor concerto, on period instruments, including a restored piano from Vienna that Beethoven himself once played on. It was really lovely, with a very interesting sound, at first, but then it started to get a little wierd. There were large speakers, though, which were playing this quiet, low buzzing sound that gradually got louder and louder. Meanwhile, as the piece progressed, ushers walked around from seat to seat with guns. They were only firing blanks, but right at people's ears, several times, until they lost pretty much all of their hearing. People wouldn't have realized that the concerto was over and that the 9th symphony had begun without the choir filing on-stage. By the time the glorious ode to joy wrapped up, everybody in the hall was totally deaf. Have you heard about it?
-Heard about it? I programmed it!
The key to this joke is that every telling is very different, so have at it!

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