Dudley Moore Beethoven Sonata Parody
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In this clip from the 1950's-60s British comedy group "Beyond the Fringe," Dudley Moore plays a very funny but also very musically well-done parody of a Beethoven Piano Sonata, using the famous whistling tune from "Bridge Over the River Kwai" as a thematic subject.
Canal: Comedy
Añadido: January 3, 2007 at 10:39 pm
Autor: jondinerstein
Duración: 04:29
Puntuación: 4.85
Reproducciones: 414439
Etiquetas: Beethoven Beyond Dudley Fringe Moore parody piano sonata The
Comentarios
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gwhizofto (October 11, 2008 at 1:18 am)
The final cadence takes around 90 seconds to resolve! The drseeing of the theme in Beethovenia is wonderfully amusing, but it seems clear D.M. could have done it as a 'serious' work too if had wanted to.
weweawweawsddasd (October 10, 2008 at 2:14 am)
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GarboFour (October 8, 2008 at 6:03 am)
That's true. I usually get annoyed when people 'make fun of' serious music. However Dudley Moore is an exception. He rules with his real talents.
DrTWG (October 7, 2008 at 10:10 pm)
Very entertaining - he's obviously a talentedplayer. I don't think there's any needto get too highbrow about it though.
rathraven1313 (October 7, 2008 at 4:28 pm)
In one of his last interviews, he attemptted he missed playing the piano because of his disease.
Dynamitrios (October 7, 2008 at 12:13 pm)
Wow, you must be very good at piano, to parodize the sonata this way, Kudos Dudley Moore. Didnt know he was such a good piano player or that he has been around for such a long time ^^
jeffamarie (October 7, 2008 at 1:50 am)
I'm insecure about a lot of things, but that doesn't mean I can't criticize other people lol
nastasie (October 6, 2008 at 2:47 am)
I don't know what kind of insecurity is making you think that those who find humour in this parody fancy themselves some kind of intellectual elite because they get the joke. *shrug*
jeffamarie (October 5, 2008 at 5:34 pm)
Proof: he plays the first few notes and everybody laughs... how the hell would they know he's doing Beethoven? All they know is that he's playing an 'illegitimate theme' in the style of 'legitimate' music.
jeffamarie (October 5, 2008 at 5:30 pm)
Excuse me, but the humor isn't in the parody of Beethoven. The humor is in the theme that's used, which is only laughable for those who A. Can recognize and discredit it as 'some obscure march', and B. Think they know what 'art' is and isn't for everybody. Very few people would assume as much.
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