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Re: Music for the Common Man - Rubbish

To: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Music for the Common Man - Rubbish
From: "Simpson" <annes@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 13:30:51 +1300
Priority: low
Reply-to: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

>Simon Davies wrote:
>
>> The first section area test piece for 2000 is Music for the Common Man by
>> Kenneth Downie. 40 for the score and parts, and then a free extra .
>> Yes you guessed it a page or erratum!
>> Watchdog might say "it's not fit for the purpose intended".
>
>I've heard a lot of people say that - not about the parts but about the
piece.
>What sort of test is that for the first section. It's one of the poorest
choices
>for years. Compare it to Spectrum or Ballet For Band. It's going to be a
>struggle to motivate any band to play it, and as for the audience, having
to
>listen to performance after performance of rubbish like that ......
>

I agree , 
We had to play this for the last Nationals as our own choice , it bored me
to tears , honestly it would be one of my most disliked pieces around . 

Rob Simpson


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