From: apb.4819@nd.edu (voluptua love)
Subject: Re: CARTOON MUSIC! HELP AND A CHALLENGE
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Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 04:52:35 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.005733.1391@Princeton.EDU> shari@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Shari L. Landes), shari@clarity.princeton.edu writes:
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>From: shari@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Shari L. Landes), shari@clarity.princeton.edu
>Subject: CARTOON MUSIC! HELP AND A CHALLENGE
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>A few weeks ago while turning the dial on my car radio, listening to
>bits of this and bits of that, I encountered a radio show where the
>guest was giving his opinion of the 10 best CD's of the year.  He
>proceeded to play a snippit of two cuts off one of his favorite 1992
>disks.  These cuts were originally made in the 1920's and 1930's and
>through the wonders of technology they were remastered for release in
>1992.  The music was upbeat, fast, jazzy.  Lot of clarinets.  Happy
>music.  CARTOON music.  I'm sure I recognized these tunes as
>background-type music for the 'toons, Warner Bros circa 1930-1940.
>I do know that one person was the originator and recorder of these tunes.
>However, I don't know who it was, don't know the name of the album, don't
>know the radio station where I heard this, don't know anything except that
>this disk was released in 1992 and it is fabulous.  I have visions of
>walking into my neighborhood record store and asking for, "you know,
>the cartoon CD."  I don't think that would work.  If anyone knows anything
>about this album or any pointers for me to try and locate it, it would be
>most appreciated and you'd win the CARTOON MUSIC challenge of 1993.

>Thanks--
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Sharon,

That was indeed music that was used in the 40s, 50s and as late as the 70s 
as "background music" for cartoons.  It is a collection of several short 
works by H. Krakaden.  They are all vaguely programmatic, reminding the 
listener of something he is never quite sure of, and were seen as adaptable 
to the fast-paced changes of cartoons.  They are available on an RCA cd.  
The title is "Cartoon Music from the War Years".  In my opinion this label
does them a real disservice.  Who's going to buy them?  Most of it is small 
orchestra or large chamber stuff, really inventive and tuneful in a rather
atonal way, and of course Krakaden had no intention whatever of being 
background to cartoons.  He has quite a following in eastern Europe, and was 
greatly hurt and disappointed in his final years when this use was made of 
his music without his permission.  He was sent sizable royalty checks, and 
stoically put up with it all, but his biographer believes that the whole 
affair cut short his life.  It is a sad story, and I hope that RCA can 
somehow be made to understand that this is serious music, and will at least 
repackage it in a way that honors its composer's memory.

voluptua love
 
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