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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Pesmard Flurrmn)
Newsgroups: net.music.classical
Subject: Re:  Anyone out there like Aaron Copland
Message-ID: <395@pyuxd.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 24-Jan-85 14:32:08 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 24 14:32:08 1985
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> In article <7301@brl-tgr.ARPA> Carl Moore writes:
> >Well, I have done Hoe-Down 3 times in the last 16 years with various
> >orchestras.  And I recall the following being the theme for "CBS Reports"
> >(?) TV show in 1960s.  (Numbers in parentheses indicate how many beats,
> >of which this rendition has 4 per measure. Notes are in the octave starting
> >from Middle C and going up, unless "low" is used.)
> >
> >low-G(1) | C(3) D(1) | E(1) C(1) E(1) F(1) | G(3) F(1) |
> >
> >E(2) D(1) C(1) | D(2) low-G(2) | low-G(4)
> 
> Could this be the Shaker Hymn, "Simple Gifts", which has been use by MANY
> composers in many places, not the least of which is Colecovision's
> "Smurf Rescue" (yecch, but my 5-yr old niece loves it)??
>     Berry Kercheval		Zehntel Inc.	(ihnp4!zehntel!zinfandel!berry)

I think Carl is referring to a very "Coplandesque" arrangement of this passage,
utilizing (what sounds like) Copland's semi-polytonality (involving basic
triadic chords with "inappropriate" notes in the bass register).  I recall
such a piece being used as the opening theme for various movies and television
programs.  Can anyone identify it?
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"I don't understand.  Is it modern?"		Rich Rosen    pyuxd!rlr