----- Original Message ----- From: "Schuette.Fifty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lace Chat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 11:53 PM Subject: [lace-chat] Minute Waltz analysed
> Thought you might like to read this. Found it in my attic, so it must be old > and I dont know where it comes from. > > > A company Managing Director who had been given tickets for a performance of > Chopin's "Minute Waltz", could not attend, so he passed them to his Total > Quality Management consultant.The next morning, when the MD asked the > consultant if he had enjoyed the concert, he was handed the following > memorandum. > > 1) For considerable periods the four oboe players had nothing to do > > 2) The number should be reduced and their work spread over the whole > orchestra, thus eliminating peaks of activity > > 3) All twelve of the violins were playing identical notes. This seemed > unnecessary duplication and the staff of this section should > be cut drastically. > > 4) No useful purpose is served by repeating with horns the passage that had > already been played by the strings. > > If all such redundant passages were eliminated, the whole thing could be > reduced to about five seconds. > > Poor Chopin will be turning in his grave. > > Greetings from the Knotter UK > > Dora Northern > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > > > > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.759 / Virus Database: 508 - Release Date: 09/09/2004 > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.759 / Virus Database: 508 - Release Date: 09/09/2004 To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
