[Dixielandjazz] What a Wonderful World was Twinkle Twinkle

[Hal Vickery]

I'm not old enough to remember this, but I seem to remember reading about
some guy who in the '30s or '40s had a show on radio and billed himself as
"The Tune Detective" or something like that.  He did a lot of pointing out
of classical origins of popular songs.

I remember having a piece of sheet music of some Gershwin tune in which
there were extensive notes by somebody who discussed the origins of that
tune in something by Grieg, iirc.

I have no idea why I'm writing this to the list except that this message
stirred up my memory of that stuff.

Hal Vickery

-----Original Message-----
From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
[mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of Steve barbone
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 8:35 AM
To: DJML
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] What a Wonderful World was Twinkle Twinkle

Larry Walton wrote about WWW and TTLS. In support of his position here is my
2 cents.

The opening bars of WWW and Twinkle Twinkle are based upon the EXACT SAME
CHORDS. And the opening melodic line is virtually identical. This is why
people all over the world love WWW.

Barbone Street points this out in our Elementary School Program, Jazz for
Kids, and we use it as an example of how songs borrow from one another. And
how jazz came about.

The kids, 5 to 10 years old love it and understand the concept.

Yes, there are differences in the rest of the tune, but then, nobody (except
the re-creator bands) likes to be a complete plagiarist.

Just about all music has it roots in the music of the past. e.g. Lots of the
American Songbook has roots in Brahms. (among others)

Cheers,
Steve  



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