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02-17-2019, 05:24 PM
Post: #3211
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
That was a good question, Roger! Can't help it, the piece sounds a bit like Schostakowitsch composing for Oktoberfest...
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02-17-2019, 11:06 PM
Post: #3212
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Quote:I am not sure, Rob, as I am not knowledgeable on polkas. All I can say is that this particular polka was first played during Lincoln's Presidency. I was curious, Roger, because it reminded me of a piece that is on the soundtrack to Ken Burns' documentary called the "Palmyra Schottische." There was also one written about Abraham Lincoln, although I haven't found a version being played. Best Rob Abraham Lincoln in the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom. --Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent. --Carl Sandburg
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02-18-2019, 06:44 AM
Post: #3213
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Let's try one more music question.
Abraham Lincoln sometimes asked for certain music to be played. Here is an example of a piece of music he liked. What is the name of this? |
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02-18-2019, 11:46 AM
Post: #3214
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Picayune Butler (the song he asked Lamon to play at Antietam)?
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02-18-2019, 01:17 PM
Post: #3215
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Excellent guess, Eva, but not correct.
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02-18-2019, 02:53 PM
Post: #3216
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Hint #1: Lincoln heard this song at Grover's Theatre.
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02-18-2019, 05:24 PM
Post: #3217
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
We are coming, Father Abraham?
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02-18-2019, 05:51 PM
Post: #3218
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Nope. Hint #2: Lincoln heard this tune while attending the same show on two different occasions at Grover's, and he also requested the Marine Band to play it.
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02-18-2019, 06:11 PM
Post: #3219
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Is it Dixie? Didn't sound like but what do I know. I'm going to guess Dixie and that's my final answer
They have killed Papa dead |
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02-18-2019, 06:14 PM
Post: #3220
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
I was going to say Dixie , too . I know it was Abe's favourite (ok, favorite)
“The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns |
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02-18-2019, 06:57 PM
Post: #3221
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Gust and Michael, I understand your thinking, but unfortunately "Dixie" is not correct.
Hint #3: The correct tune was not written by an American. |
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02-18-2019, 08:54 PM
Post: #3222
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
It doesn't sound like Shakespeare, but could it have been in Merry Wives of Windsor or Midsummer's Night?
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02-18-2019, 11:00 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-18-2019 11:09 PM by AussieMick.)
Post: #3223
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
sounds like Volga Boatmen ... boating song ?
sounds a bit like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leU1kbtIZUI “The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns |
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02-19-2019, 05:55 AM
Post: #3224
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Good guesses, everyone, but not correct.
Hint #4: The music is from an opera which Lincoln saw at Grover's. |
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02-19-2019, 06:01 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-19-2019 06:07 AM by Eva Elisabeth.)
Post: #3225
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Martha? ( https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RXawa90YU2s is nicer IMO)
Faust? (The ballet music of Faust is the nicest, but he didn't live to see that as it was added in the 1869). |
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