Charles Gounod - Funeral March of a Marionette
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Uploaded by bartje11 on Oct 24, 2009
Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
The "Funeral March of a Marionette," slight as it is, has never lost its charm. It was originally written as one of the movements of a Suite Burlesque, which was never completed.
BBC Philharmonic conducted by Yan Pascal Tortelier
The music in the beginning is supposed to tell the listener that two of the members of the Marionette troupe have had a duel and one of them has been killed. A party of pallbearers is organized and the procession sets out for the cemetery in march time. The music soon takes on a more cheerful spirit, for some of the troupe, wearied with the march, seek consolation at a wayside inn, where they refresh themselves and also descant upon the many virtues of their late companion. At last they get into place again and the procession enters the cemetery to the march rhythm -- the whole closing with the bars intended to reflect upon the briefness and weariness of life, even for marionettes.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents is well known for its title sequence. The camera fades in on a simple line-drawing caricature of Hitchcock's rotund profile. As the program's theme music, Charles Gounod's Funeral March of a Marionette, plays, Hitchcock himself appears in silhouette from the right edge of the screen, and then walks to center screen to eclipse the caricature. He then almost always says "Good evening."
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@MaxRideWizardLord I suppose you already found it. But if not: It's at the beginning of the "Sven Hoek" episode.
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No, that is by Modest Mussorgsky.
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You know you're hot stuff when a man's life work becomes less associated with him, and _more_ associated with you.
"Sir" Alfred Hitchcock, indeed.
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a classic - but Charles Gounod needs to normalize his levels
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@MrCountdooku Is it possible to press the button two times?
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The JoJ brought me here. P.S. Hoh SiS
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@ukwingchunstudent Where?
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The official them of Alfred Hitchcook.
When you hear it you shit's gonna get real.
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the 2 people who disliked this were Norman Bates and his mother...
MrCountdooku 3 months ago 24
Ren And Stimpy :-)
ukwingchunstudent 1 year ago 22