[Dixielandjazz] fights at concerts

[Don Ingle]

Even more savage was the reaction of the audience at the first 
performance of Ravel's Bolero, Fist fights, challenges for duels,
tossing of chairs and general hell broke out as the continual relentless 
build of the primitive came to a final crescendo.
The only time in recent history when the French seemed willing to finish 
a fight they started without being members of the Foreign Legion.
Plus tarde,
Don

Bill Allen wrote:
> Well a couple of nights ago there was a slug fest at the Boston Pops. 
> (Should we ban the Boston Pops for inciting Riots?) Just a little historical 
> perspective, there were brawls when several classical composers performed 
> their music.  Can't remember which ones right off hand - Music History 101 
> was a long time ago - but Mozart pops to mind.
> Larry
> St. Louis
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> I don't know about Mozart, but - - The most famous that comes to mind was the premiere of the Firebird suite by Stravinsky, about 1916 or so. It begins with a bassoon solo in the stratospheric range of the instrument; supposedly at the first rehearsal, the bassoonist threw his instrument down and stated that the solo was unplayable.
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