At 1:31 PM -0800 1/12/07, Mariposa Symphony Orchestra wrote:
Michael L. Meyer wrote:
The question is: what music? I've done more than my share of
weddings and parties and cocktail hours, but never a memorial
service. My grandmother-in-law asked for what she described as "you
know, light classical" and my father-in-law said "elevator music."
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John Howell offered:
Chopin slow movements? (No, I'm not a pianist, but it seems like
they capture both a contemplative and a positive mood.)
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And Les adds - with just a slight trace of irony:
Good call, but might wanna avoid the lento from the b-flat minor sonata....
LOL!!!! OK, the ones in major keys.
John
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