CFM are quite big on movie themes, aren't they, C2
I think you have to allow them in. They are written for a specific purpose, ie the movie, but then lots of classical works were written for specific celebrations of this that and the other.
Paganini wrote music just to show off his own violin virtuosity, and make money. He asked Berlioz to write some music for him and, when he thought it didn't show him off enough, they had a big bust up.
Of its genre it's rather good, so is "I'm a Salty Dog" which Ottilie Paterson used to sing with Chris Barber In Humphrey Lyttletons Jazz Club in the 50's. I wouldn't subsume either of 'em under Classical Music though.
Does anyone else find the output of Classic FM very repetitive....the same few ads, the same limited choice of "tunes", the same bland chummy links and , of course, the words "Classic FM" repeated over and over and over.......
The Top 20 feature thing like ... Soule's Elder Scrolls, Kirkhope's Banjo Kazooie, Bruch's 1st Violin Concerto, and Jenkins's The Armed Man ...
... and The Blue Danube only made 96?
I wouldn't want to hear it played by Andre Rieu, but I can't believe The Blue Danube is not more popular. If everyone heard the V Phil play it at the Vienna New Year's Day Concert, I'm sure it would have got more votes.
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