What Was KDFC's Last Classical Piece And KUFX's First Tune On 102.1?

[Ai4i]

If an orchestra plays "Tea for Two" but no one is singing, is it not a song or is it only in a situation where no words exist?

Tea for two comes from Dmitri Shostakovich's opus 16.
Yes, that all American standard was written by a Soviet-era Russian classical composer.

 

[Ai4i]

Oops, double hit the send button :-[

 

[Laurence Glavin]

The definition of 'song' is a short musical composition with words.

Felix Mendelssohn wrote these.

They're a little bit variable in quality, but the Opus 30, number one is just unspeakably beautiful; listen to it yourself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CawkVQwA1n4

(Mendelssohn was well-born and led a very stable life; Beethoven, not so much...he moved so often that his "Eroica" Symphony was written in three flats)

 

[LKellerIII]

If an orchestra plays "Tea for Two" but no one is singing, is it not a song or is it only in a situation where no words exist? If the latter, is Richard Rodgers not a songwriter or is he only a songwriter after Oscar Hammerstein wrote lyrics(...sounds like a Rodgers & Hammerstein song)?

In a world where we still "dial" our telephones, "tape" TV shows with our DVR, people say "I could care less" when they mean "I couldn't care less," and people say "I'm quite literally losing my mind"...calling classical pieces "songs" seems like a minor infraction.

 

[sfradio]

and so snooty too, "oh classical music is better than any other music, so they are called pieces and not songs"

 

[weav]

Beethoven, not so much...he moved so often that his "Eroica" Symphony was written in three flats)

Pa-dum pum PSHHHH!!

The name's Doug Pledger. I'll be here all week! Tip your waitress...

 

[SFStatic]

LOL! Actually, Ludwig was hard to get along with, and constantly pissed off landlords and had to move. There's a tour in Vienna...there are at least 17-18 places with brass plaques that say Beethovenhaus on them!

 

[MarioMania]

I bet the simulcast with KUFX won't last on 102.1..