Comments on: Rite of Spring: See the Video! http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/15907 Feel Smart Again Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:43:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: CM http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/15907/comment-page-1#comment-79464 CM Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:45:17 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/15907#comment-79464 Seriously... a bassoon! How could you get the mixed up with a clarinet? English Horn maybe. (I'm not an English Horn!) Seriously… a bassoon! How could you get the mixed up with a clarinet?

English Horn maybe.

(I’m not an English Horn!)

]]> By: David K. Israel http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/15907/comment-page-1#comment-79372 David K. Israel Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:23:02 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/15907#comment-79372 it's not only a bassoon, but one of the most famous bassoon solos ever written. it's very hard to play, given the tessitura, and is used as an audition solo in music schools around the world. stravinsky was a master of orchestration and knew how to push the limits of instruments. it’s not only a bassoon, but one of the most famous bassoon solos ever written. it’s very hard to play, given the tessitura, and is used as an audition solo in music schools around the world. stravinsky was a master of orchestration and knew how to push the limits of instruments.

]]> By: andrew http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/15907/comment-page-1#comment-79325 andrew Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:54:18 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/15907#comment-79325 its a bassoon not a clarinet its a bassoon not a clarinet

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