121 posted 1 year ago by ashlanddog 1 year ago by ashlanddog +127 / -6 24 comments share 24 comments share save hide report block hide replies
...if it is too loud...
...you are too old...
...howls...
...that is an interesting point about the evolution of this piece, I understand how you came to that conclusion...
...that was a common "technique" among classical composers to recycle themes...
...I suppose one could say it was a predecessor to "sampling"...
...doggy winks....
Felix Mendelsohn did the same thing with the Reformation Symphony, using variations on A Mighty Fortress Is Our God". (Which, BTW, Was originally an old drinking song.)
...God makes all things new....
...that was a common "technique" among classical composers to recycle themes...
I did not know that; however there is another Tchaikovsky piece that resembles one of the numbers in 'The Nutcracker Suite'.
...Beethoven was the master of recycling...