[78-L] Flowers and Trees [FWD]

[Mike Harkin]

There's not very many instruments playing, either....

Mike in Plovdiv

--- On Wed, 9/2/09, martha <MLK402 at verizon.net> wrote:

> From: martha <MLK402 at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Flowers and Trees
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 4:15 PM
> It's slowed-down and almost imitates
> the "Morning" passage of Peer Gynt, so 
> it isn't very obvious or readily identifiable.  A
> clever arrangement, 
> covering the paucity of instruments. (hah - I got to write
> "paucity", 
> finally)
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "DAVID BURNHAM" <burnhamd at rogers.com>
> To: <78-L at 78online.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 5:56 PM
> Subject: [78-L] Flowers and Trees
> 
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> To Martha
> 
> THANK YOU! As you can imagine, when I read your e-mail I
> had a slap to the 
> head "of course" moment. I first saw that at Disney World
> in Florida in 2004 
> and, although I know the piece so well, I simply couldn't
> put a title to it. 
> At first I thought it was "Elegie" by Massenet but, of
> course that wasn't 
> it. I was trying to think of a piece of music which had a
> morning or 
> pastoral connection but nothing worked. I know I have a 12
> inch version of 
> it on Black labeled Victor, but I don't think it's Paul
> Whiteman conducting. 
> I'll take a look when I get home, (I'm at a cottage at the
> moment trying to 
> squeeze some last minute summer out of this hopeless
> season, at least in 
> this part of the world - Southern Ontario).
> 
> Now I'll sleep tonight.
> 
> Thanks again!
> Dave b
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> ________________________________
> From: martha <MLK402 at verizon.net>
> To: burnhamd at rogers.com
> Sent: Wednesday, September 2, 2009 1:25:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Flowers and Trees
> 
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> Kamennoi-Ostrow , by Anton Rubinstein ... love that one !!
> Paul Whiteman 
> recorded a beautiful version on Victor
> 
> martha
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> > ----- Original Message ----- 
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> > This has nothing to do with 78s but it's from the 78
> era. Does anyone know 
> > the name of the first piece of music in Disney's
> "Silly Symphony" called 
> > "Flowers and Trees"? It's one of those pieces which is
> so familiar, like 
> > Mendelssohn's "Spring Song" but I can't put a name on
> it. There are all 
> > sorts of web-sites where you can see the cartoon.
> 
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