Dave Brubeck's "Blue Rondo la Turk"

[elleng]

[Walleye]

1. Great song great piece I used to dance around the darkroom, listening to this while I was working

[elleng]

2. Great to imagine that!

A few to which I danced!

[Beck23]

3. I've played this.

I have a book of his compositions.

[elleng]

4. Great!

Recognize similarity?

Rondo Alla Turca- Mozart

[ProfessorGAC]

6. Alas...

Contrary to popular belief, the piece is neither inspired by nor related to the last movement of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 11, known by the near-identical title "Rondo Alla Turca".[3]

[elleng]

7. The pieces are CLOSELY related!

Just LISTEN!!!

I love them BOTH!

[ProfessorGAC]

9. Brubek Has Denied It

I've got to go with the guy who wrote it.
And I'll admit, I don't hear the similarity you do.
I hear very big differences in the main theme, tone coloration, & sequencing. I always have.

[elleng]

10. OK w me, I'm with him, AND Moz etc.

I LOVE the pieces!!!

[ProfessorGAC]

11. Absolutely

They're both great.
I mess around with the Beubek piece now & then, but never made a serious effort.
I've never even tried the Mozart piece. And, at this point, I'm no longer interested in learning stuff note by note, so I won't ever learn it.

[ProfessorGAC]

5. My Favorite By Brubek

This is the song he was working on when Paul Desmond cane up with Take Five.
Dave wanted some non-standard time signature songs, & Paul agreed it was a good idea. This song is in 9/8, the other, obviously, in 5/4. The album name was Time Out.
The two songs were basically written simultaneously. They both became classics.

[elleng]

8. and will always BE classical!!!