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How do you convince a Queen to give a damn about a hunt for a mad librettist? Clearly, the Florence Nightingale path is out, so the boys will have to try something more … subtle… and who better than a funk-infused version of the 16th President of the United States? It’s Episode 218: Burn This Queen Mother Out! And it’s dropped as if it were highly exothermic…
– The Count and Geoff
I do like it when the characters break into song.
–Geoff
Queen Victoria, if we are to believe Mendelssohn, was actually a pretty darn good musician, as was Prince Albert in his day. After Albert invited him over, Mendelssohn was able to coax the Queen into performing a few songs, his private verdict being
“She sang most charmingly, strictly in tempo and cleanly in diction; only after the words “der Prosa Last und Mueh,” when the melody goes to a D and then rises harmonically, she twice sang a D-Sharp… but apart from that little error, it was really enchanting, and the last long G I haver never heard better, cleaner, and more naturally sung by an amateur.”
(quoted in G. Marek, Gentle Genius: The Story of Felix Mendelssohn)
I was sure that the M.C. Hammer song was called Burn This Mutha Out… I was apparently wrong… It is in fact, TURN This Mutha Out… I apologize…
– Count Dolby von Luckner
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Frederick and Peter, who has taken to riding Modest Mussorgsky around for old times’ sake, have found the International Composer’s Council. But what do they know of Sullivan, and more importantly, how does one go about freeing a third tuba anyway? The putrid underbelly of 19th century classical music is revealed in Episode 217: Turn It On. Wind It Up. Blow It Out. BPO.
– The Count and Geoff
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