Re: Lost art form or evolution?


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Posted by Bill on August 12, 2000 at 08:21:22:

In Reply to: Lost art form or evolution? posted by Dan on August 11, 2000 at 11:43:10:

Wow, what a topic. Reminds me of, sort of, of a statement attributed to Erasmus: "If a stone were hurled across a stream and, half way across, given consciousness, it would
imagine dozens of reasons for where it was and how it got there, none of which were true."
We are in a fantastic econominc boom right now, one of the most incredible in our history
and not unlike that in the Golden Age of Rome. Therefore we get to postulate about why
we may need 4 or 6 instruments to acommplish our musical goals. I am told that tubist
in the former Soviet Union do most of their work on St. Petersburgh tubas because that
(or worse) is all they have. Additonally, since the release of "The Jazz Singer" in
1928, we have had many different kinds of surplus tubas available. You do what you must
do with what you have. All of this from a kid who wouldn't have been able to play at
all if Sexton High School hadn't thrown away an Eb tuba in 1948.


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