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It may be obvious by this point that my knowledge of music is a mile
wide and less than an inch deep. This is particularly true when it
comes to the classics; if it hasn't been used in a movie or a cartoon
or a commercial, odds are that I've missed it. I'm trying to make up
for this gap in my education, you understand. I'm just doing it in
the same haphazard way I do most things. It's so much more
entertaining that way.
As an example I present this album, about which I knew, and still
mostly know, nothing. The only reason it caught my eye was that I do
know the composer's name. But it's how I know it that will
demonstrate my point. I am, you see, a devotee of
Tom Lehrer. Among
Mr. Lehrer's many great works one may find the classic Weiner
Schnitzel Waltz. And within this song one finds this
unforgettable couplet:
Your lips were like wine (if you'll pardon the simile).
The music was lovely, and quite Rudolf Friml-y.
I was of course thrilled at the chance to learn just what Rudolf
Friml-y music sounds like. And so, I hope, are you.
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