Re: [LAU] #musicmadewitlinux - Chopin Nocturnes

On May 1, 2016 1:09 AM, "Patrick Shirkey" <pshirkey(a)boosthardware.com> wrote: --- Interesting version of Chopin Nocturnes. I remember years ago hearing a 1970's disco version of Beethoven's fifth symphony, entitled "A Fifth of Beethoven," by Walter Murphy and The Big Apple Band. (There are quite a few YouTube videos of this disco piece, for anyone who may be interested.) I hated it, but it did make me think how great the music must be to be borrowed and reused by others for different purposes or in different versions. I have a recording of some of Bach's music transcribed for marimba band with a drum set and other percussion, and it doesn't sound bad (although I prefer Bach's original versions), and of course even Bach made many transcriptions of his pieces for other instruments, jazz combos regularly adapt Bach and other composers' works for their own use, and a great melody by a great composer might still be recognizable as a great melody even if played on a toy piano or ocarina. Although of course there may sometimes exist uninspired people who merely recycle great music for various reasons without adding any or much creative work of their own, I think that whether a person likes the transcription or adaptation or not, it might at least be considered a tribute to the original music that inspired it. :-) ---