<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey, if we didn't have true romantics, = we'd be out of business in short order anyway.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I just don't want to hear them go into = a long medley of these tunes, that's all...  Yeah, but if they insist, = I'll listen. Oh well!</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=sarah@gendernet.org = href="mailto:sarah@gendernet.org">Sarah Fox</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 12, 2004 = 8:04 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: NYNY...OT Haha! = "The Monstrous Medley of Maudlin Melodies"</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Dunno, Thump...<BR><BR>> and, finally, "My Funny Valentine"<BR><BR>I think the folks who love this piece probably also = love Moonlight Serenade<BR>and 'Round Midnight -- and Casa Blanca, African = Queen, and probably most of<BR>Frank Capra's movies.  They're gushingly sentimental sorts of folks, and<BR>they enjoy romance.  IMO, = they're not trying to be "sophistikated."  They're<BR>quite sincere, knowing = that their tastes are kinda corny.<BR><BR>Of course I can appreciate how = pianists must groan at having to play these<BR>classics hundreds of times for sentimental audience members.<BR><BR>Peace,<BR>Sarah<BR>... who is = thusly = afflicted<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>piano= tech list info: <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>