tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30761342.post6178145717525223597..comments2023-11-09T00:37:40.824-08:00Comments on Fosco Lives!: Merry MelodiesFOSCOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07238391886095765453noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30761342.post-54202680033242831112009-03-10T19:06:00.000-07:002009-03-10T19:06:00.000-07:00I've never found out where that lyric came from --...I've never found out where that lyric came from -- I remembered it as Mozart rather than Plato, but neither one turns up anything on Google. Maybe you-know-who knows.<BR/><BR/>But there's a whole bunch of better-known mnemonics, many of them promulgated by <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Spaeth" REL="nofollow">Sigmund Spaeth</A> or Josefa Heifetz, like these for the Unfinished Symphony:<BR/><BR/>This is the symphony<BR/>That Schubert wrote but never finished.<BR/>He never finished it<BR/>But no one cares ‘cuz it’s a nice one<BR/>A nice one<BR/><BR/>You've probably heard that one, but here's another for Ms. Vega (to the tune of Mozart's Symphony No. 40):<BR/><BR/>Give a hand to the band playing Mozart<BR/>He wrote music both charming and witty.<BR/>'C'est jolie, mon ami,' just to quote Sartre,<BR/>I agree with my friend that it's pretty.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05945809232214576719noreply@blogger.com