[Dixielandjazz] fights at concerts

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

>the bassoonist threw his instrument down and stated that the solo was 
>unplayable.

Sounds like a Trombone player to me.
Larry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Allen" <ballen at deltapathology.com>
To: "Larry Walton" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 6:34 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] fights at concerts


> 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
>
> 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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