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RE: Anthem - Queen of Australia

To: "'brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: Anthem - Queen of Australia
From: Kevin Petersen <Kevin.Petersen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 14:51:00 -0400
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I must agree that 'America the Beautiful' is by far a better anthem than
the German drinking song (not that I have anything against that
wonderful pastime).  I've also played the Carmen Dragon arrangement (for
wind ensemble, not brassband) a number of times - and will again this
4th of July - and find it wonderful.

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>From: brassman[SMTP:brassman@xxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 1998 4:04 PM
>To: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: Anthem - Queen of Australia
>
>Don't hold back you guys.
>Yes Norm,  many many, many versions... one of my favorite versions is by
>Whitney Houston arranged by John Clayton, Jr. and released on CD on the
>ARISTA label along with "America The Beautiful," an arrangement inspired by
>Ray Charles. And by the way,  many Americans feel that "America the
>Beautiful" should be our National anthem including me.  And Norm, since you
>were interested in Carmen Dragon, he did a fantastic arrangement on it as
>well.
>
>Mark Freeh
>(NYC)
>
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>> From: Norm Harris <normal@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: 'brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
>> Subject: Re: Anthem - Queen of Australia
>> Date: Tuesday, June 09, 1998 4:36 PM
>> 
>> Norm Harris wrote:
>> 
>> >  Norm Harris wrote:
>> >
>> >> Ron Grice wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > > Ron Grice wrote
>> >> > >
>> >> > > > On the subject of our so called Anthem I
>> >> wonder what other country
>> >> > would allow
>> >> > > > their Anthem to be performed in the
>> >> wrong time sig(Julie Anthony) or
>> >> > elong-gating
>> >> > > > the
>> >> > > > the last phrase,not to mention all the
>> >> pop singers variations.
>> >>
>> >> Well Ron, i know for a fact that in the USA
>> >> there has been a plethora of
>> >> variations on their anthem sung in a variety
>> >> of keys, styles, with 'elongation'
>> >> (the musical term is augmentation, assuming we
>> >> are talking of the same thing)
>> >> accompanied by a variety of different musical
>> >> instrument combinations. MARK????
>> >>
>> >> > > Sorry to be pedantic, but you can't blame
>> >> Julie for that. Tommy Tycho
>> >> > >arranged  'that' partricular version and
>> >> for mine it is fantastic. Now if
>> >> > you are
>> >> > >going to  get picky about it, Tommy even
>> >> changed a lot of the chords.  No,
>> >> > he
>> >> > >didn't mess  with the time signature. If
>> >> you want, I'll ask Tom for a copy
>> >> > of his
>> >> > >score. (assuming he'll part with it, doubt
>> >> it, but..)
>> >> >
>> >> > Ah! Ha! Norm, it seems we now have another
>> >> difference to Victoria. Up here
>> >> > if a tune is in 4/4 (not the fraction) but
>> >> someone then performs it in 3/4
>> >> > ,we would consider that to be a change of
>> >> time signature, not sure now what
>> >> > you would call it.   Please enlighten the
>> >> list.  Sorry I don't know who did
>> >> > the arr. I heard,  maybe it was Geoff Harvey
>> >> ?  It was sung at a grand
>> >> > final of the football (ours).
>> >>
>> >> Gee Ron, how stupid of me not to have known
>> >> 'that' was the particular version
>> >> you were refering to. This is a classic
>> >> example of going off 1/2 cocked with
>> >> not enough info, and i mean both of us
>> >> mate.THE ONE most Australia is familiar with
>> >> sung by JA, is the version with the choir on
>> >> the steps P'house and Tycho conducting
>> >> and f'works etc.. Now how many Australians do
>> >> you suppose watched YOUR football
>> >> grand final. LOL.
>> >> Assumimg you are refering to mobile wrestling
>> >> where a packed house is 30,000, i
>> >> would say not many. hahahahaha.
>> >> Of course i wouldn't be watching it ya drongo.
>> >> We would still be recovering
>> >> from our own grand final where a packed house
>> >> here is 95,000 bods,  and millions
>> >> more watching on TV. <;~)))
>> >> I'll talk to Harvey and find out, but maybe it
>> >> was Graeme Lyall 'cos he's done
>> >> a lot of those GF's.
>> >>
>> >> > And are you also trying to say that God save
>> >> the Queen is not the National
>> >> > Anthem of G.B.
>> >>
>> >> No never said that---get ya eyes checked ;~))
>> >>
>> >> > ( like we use the Star Spangled Banner for
>> >> the U.S.A.) ,I
>> >> > don't think pedantic is the right word
>> >> either.
>> >>
>> >> Sorry, nit-picking is more appropriate.
>> >>
>> >> > Ron G
>> >> > North of the Border.
>> >>
>> >> Norm.
>> >> Don't eat yellow snow!
>> >
>> >  Norm.
>> > Music is my first love, after Jan and the
>> > billies.
>> >
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> Norm.
>> Music is my first love, after Jan and the billies.
>> 
>> 
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