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1712 Overture and Fireworks (Original Post)
kentauros
Jul 2015
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Brother Buzz
(36,469 posts)1. Suddenly I had a craving for a bowl of puffed wheat
Wolf Frankula
(3,602 posts)3. Doesn't Shooting Their Cereal from Guns
violate the pacifist principle of the Quaker religion?
Oh well, "Most things are better for thee, than me."
Wolf
kentauros
(29,414 posts)4. I've always wondered where that "shot from guns" quote
originated in this video by negativland
Response to kentauros (Original post)
shenmue This message was self-deleted by its author.
kentauros
(29,414 posts)5. You never truly know with P.D.Q. Bach:
Although P.D.Q. Bach was born on April 1, 1742 and died on May 5, 1807, the dates on his first tombstone (before he was moved to an unmarked paupers grave) were inscribed 1807-1742 in a transparent attempt to make it appear that he could not have been the son of J.S., who died in 1750. Nice try, Bach familyclose, but no cigar: some of us, or at least one of us, are not fooled, or at least, is not fooled.
panader0
(25,816 posts)6. 1812 Overture was Tchaikovsky
I saw a performance of it as a kid and there are "fireworks" toward the end.
The orchestra hired some soldiers from the nearby base to shoot their rifles (blanks).
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)7. One might think so