Comments on: Litigious clones make me wanna chunder

By: mentalmosaic

mentalmosaic — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:03:27 +0000

How odd, Prof J, I see that the Internets have eaten my original response to your comment! You make a good point there, with Shakespeare.

Y’know, we are lucky that many artists have recorded folk tales and songs that might have been otherwise lost. Grimm’s fairy tales, for instance. Bela Bartok, too, recorded many Hungarian folk melodies that could have been completely lost and forgotten.

I hope this comment survives! ~Tui

By: mentalmosaic

mentalmosaic — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:44:45 +0000

Thanks for the link, woofmutt!

I didn’t realize that about Mozart’s Requiem, but I do know of several cases where classical composers have incorporated folk melodies into their work. Bennett’s “Suite of Old American Dances,” for instance. Catchy stuff, by the way.

~Tui

By: woofmutt

woofmutt — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:04:17 +0000

This is fairly ridiculous. There’s agood blog and comments on it here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/tomserviceblog/2010/feb/08/men-at-work-music-mozart

By: mentalmosaic

mentalmosaic — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:29:02 +0000

Thanks, Sheila. Although I’m against the suit, I also think it’s a bummer that the chick who wrote the little ditty isn’t alive to get a little money, anyway.

So, did you look up chunder? Hehe… You made me look up vug! I love learning new words. :)

~Tui

By: Sheila Octaviano

Sheila Octaviano — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:06:52 +0000

So, anyway, (that’s one of my pet phrases) I’m still wondering what chunder means, so I guess I’ll check out your links. That was all very interesting, but I think the whole suit thing is ridiculous. They should be honored to have someone honor their melodies but these days everything seems to be about getting your money from someone else. Great blog, though!

By: Prof. J

Prof. J — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:04:13 +0000

Shakespeare’s plays were almost all based on stories from previous works. How many notes are there? How many possible arrangements are there? Good grief! I’m all for respecting the artist’s rights, but there are limits.