Oratorio Society of New York - Chorus Humor. Submitted by Susan Kern : Beethoven's Ninth The symphony orchestra was performing Beethoven's Ninth. In the piece, there's a long passage, about 20 minutes, during which the bass violinists have nothing to do. Rather than sit around that whole time looking stupid, some bassists decided to sneak offstage and go to the tavern next door for a quick one. After slamming several beers in quick succession, one of them looked at his watch and said, "Hey! We need to get back! " "No need to panic," said a fellow bassist. Submitted by Mady Buchbinder : NEW MUSICAL TERMS Some of these are repeats from a previous submission, but there are a few new ones!
Submitted by Ylisa Kunze : Composer Effects The Mozart Effect A new report now suggests that the Mozart effect may be a fraud. Submitted by Richard Pace : Another addition to the musical glossary: Approximatura - singing or playing a group of notes, almost as written. Submitted by Paul Zorovich : The Rules for Anglican Chant 1. Choir Humour. A man accustomed to a mainline church went to a seekers’ service one Sunday.
He came home and his wife asked him how it was. “Well,” he said, “it was interesting. They did something different. They sang praise choruses instead of hymns.” ”Praise choruses?” ”Oh, they’re okay, I guess. ”What’s the difference?” He replied, “Well, it’s like this. ’Martha, Martha, Martha, Oh, Martha, MARTHA, MARTHA, the cows, the big cows, the brown cows, the black cows, the white cows, the black and white cows, the COWS, COWS, COWS are in the corn, are in the corn, are in the corn, are in the corn, the CORN, CORN, CORN.’
Then if I were to repeat the whole thing five or six times, that would be a praise chorus.” As luck would have it, the same Sunday a young woman accustomed to seekers’ services attended a mainline service. ”Hymns?” ”Oh, they’re okay, I guess. ”What’s the difference?” She replied, “Well, it’s like this. For the way of the animals who can explain? Humorous - ChoralNet. Choral humor. A Glossary of Choral Music Terms Aleatoric Music: Music composed by the random selection of pitches and rhythms.Frequently found in the performance of the choir anthem.
Antiphonal: Screening all your calls. Augmentation: Delicate surgery for altos involving the implantation of "falsettos". Basso Continuo: When the conductor can't get the fools to stop singing. Cantus Firmus: A singer in good physical condition (as opposed to "Cantus Flabbioso".) Castrato: The highest male voice (some alteration required.)