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Read this Out Loud

Posted at 06:27 PM on
February 15, 2004

Another funny little gem from Rorem. Read it out loud, pronouncing the foreign names as correctly as possible in their native tongue, for full effect. HiLARious.

The Music Lesson

I long to travel
When I hear Ravel,
Though I'm less fussy
About Debussy.
I start hoppin'
When I hear Chopin,
And literally snatch
At the strains of Bach.
I want to joust
After reading Proust.
And smile with pride
While reading Gide.
Buxtehude:
Mere tutti frutti.

I forgot to add: And then read it again, but try to make each couplet rhyme...

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