There is a little swing figure in Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto. In the clarinets. I remember the giggles from their section when it was first discovered in rehearsal. That pre-dates the swing band by, what, 50 years?
Richard Smith www.rgsmithmusic.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Raymond Horton Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 12:46 PM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] Brahms, Dvorak and Ragtime Aaron Rabushka wrote: > Aaron J. Rabushka > who still doesn't like the Brahms violin concerto and wonders what would've > happened had ragtime fallen into the hands of Tchaikovsky (bigoted as he > was) > or Dvorák > That's what came to my mind, when I read that possible quote of Brahms concerning the rhythms of ragtime, is that his friend Dvorak's rhythms were sometimes not that far from rags already. RBH _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.8/941 - Release Date: 8/7/2007 4:06 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.8/941 - Release Date: 8/7/2007 4:06 PM _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
