Endellion String Quartet play Haydn's "The Joke" Presto
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Oh those extended pedals! They do tickle me!
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One of the longest-living non-lame jokes, i guess? hehe
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Jeopardy brought me here
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ok yeah i actually lol'd
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@bhavenmurji On the contrary, it's hilarious!
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pahaha, this is great. Well played, Haydn. Well played.
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In fact, I actually started laughing at the end, really lol
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What I think people don't always get is that the "joke" comes from the silences, particularly at the end. Also, listen to Haydn enough and it's easy to see that he had a sense of humor with his music.
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"the classical style is, in its origins, a comic one..." (Charles Rosen). I agree...
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@0TAKE99 That is why it is called "Presto"
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You can imagine them sitting around a table and laughing at non resolved 4-3 Suspensions!
dryiceage 9 months ago 24
I wish I could have seen this when it premiered and we didn't already know the punch line.
Garpinator 1 year ago 16