Re: Article: "...Basic Power Orchestral Repertoire..." (What, No

Nemo <britjct@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> appears to have caused the following letters
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The Irish comedian, Frank Carson, asserted that an intellectual is
anyone who can listen to the 'William Tell' overture without thinking
of The Lone Ranger

These days, it's someone who knows that "Also Sprach Zarathustra" is longer
than two minutes, and "Carmina Burana" is longer than a movie trailer.

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