[78-L] William Tell

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
> DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
>> Steven C. Barr wrote:
>>> The "storm" segment of the William Tell piece is one of those works 
>>> which
>>> has pretty
>>> well become a cliche...when I was a child, my dad had a 16mm movie 
>>> projector
>>> and
>>> a very few commercial films, One was a Mighty Mouse cartoon which 
>>> depicted a
>>> storm at sea...and used Rossini's piece as background!
>>
>> I just heard it thirty seconds ago..with lyrics..in a commercial for Dove 
>> Men's
>> cosmetics.
>> dl
>>
>> I can't imagine the storm segment of the WTO with lyrics, do you not mean 
>> the finale?
>> I have a 78 somewhere with words to the finale of the overture called, 
>> "Now that we're in Love", (I think it's sung by Barbara Ruick).
>> db
> Here's the lyric to the main theme:
>      Julian Vein
>
I recall having heard/read a while ago that the easiest way to identify a 
true lover of
classical music is this: he/she/it can hear the finale of William Tell 
WITHOUT thinking
of the Lone Ranger...?!

Steven C. Barr