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From: ags@pucc-i (Seaman)
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Subject: Re: Strauss and Missing Base Notes
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Date: Fri, 30-Mar-84 10:10:02 EST
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>  Advent used to recommend "Also Sprach Zarathrusta"  (spelling?)
>  as a good test of low bass response, as there is an opening
>  bass pedal organ note of roughly 30 Hz.  This note isn't on all
>  recordings of this piece, apparently, so Advent had a specific
>  recommendation od what version to listen to ...            

I find it hard to believe that the opening bass note would be missing
from any high-fidelity recording of Strauss's "Also Sprach Zarathustra"
which was made by a reputable orchestra.

On the other hand, "Also Sprach Zarathustra" is also well-known to the
movie audiences as "The Theme From 2001," and there are many records
around that contain various bastardizations of Strauss's music.  Some
of these may lack the base note (and much else).
-- 

Dave Seaman
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"Against people who give vent to their loquacity 
by extraneous bombastic circumlocution."