"And don't play effin' Highland Cathedral either!!!!"
Should that be Highland Cathedral ineff and a ' ,
Tim
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From: "Paul Gretton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 6:40 PM
Subject: [NSP] Music for funeral
My gut reaction is: play anything appropriate - there are lots of
options - but please, please, please don't play Amazing Grace! I don't
think one should do anything that might contribute to that awful piece
of slop becoming a part of the Northumberland repertoire too. It would
be dreadful if it ever became a standard feature of funerals on this
side of the Atlantic the way it has in the States. And in the States
the problem is not just with funerals: over there, there are only two
tunes associated with bagpipes (of any type), namely Amazing Grace and
that other one.
There was no Amazing Grace at the Cenotaph this morning and I think you
may agree that the somber ceremony of commemoration was still pretty
effective.
And don't play effin' Highland Cathedral either!!!!
Paul Gretton
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