jmc's classics
One of my favorite movies is Animal House. I was not in a fraternity in college I did have one opportunity to join one of those organizations. This movie should have got the Best Picture award. It had some memorable music in it. One of the pieces used in it was Brahms' Academic Festival overture (Opus #80). I still like watching that movie. There were many other movies that should have been awarded Best Picture. As I have said the Hollywood gives recognitions to Marxists pedophiles, Rapists etc. and People who run down this country, God, religion as a whole and traditional values but that is a different story.
Johannes Brahms (1833-1887) wrote this piece in 1880. He was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Breslau. He was asked to compose a symphony for the occasion. He wrote this piece for the occasion. It is for full orchestra and lasts about 10 minutes. It is often coupled with the Tragic overture (Opus#81). the Academic Festival Overture is based on some German drinking songs, of which I am not familiar with. In those days college students like to drink also. I did not do much drinking in collage. I was worried about studying. An overture is a concert piece played at the beginning of a work. In the 1800's concert overtures became popular. Tchaikovsky composed the 1812 Overture. Beethoven and Berlioz wrote several each. Bruckner wrote Overture in G minor. And Schubert wrote Overture in Italian Style (D590). Most of these except the 1812 overture I am not familiar with at this time. The Cd Of his work that I have is of Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic. it also contains the Tragic overture and the Fourth Symphony (Opus #98). The Second movement of the Fourth Symphony (Andante moderato) sounds similar to the second movement of Alexander Scriabin's Piano Concertro. That is a completely different story.
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