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Offline ctrastevere

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Re: Ultra famous melodies, everybody recognizes....
Reply #50 on: January 31, 2009, 05:07:31 PM
The introduction to Strauss's Also Sprach Zarathustra is notable.

The only melody in there that's actually a melody is at the beginning of movement 2

Well that's a rather bold statement! Could you enlighten me as to what an "actual" melody is? I think I may be a bit confused, because I'm fairly positive I heard more than one melody in Opus Clavicembalisticum.
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