Or, most tiresome. Least informative. Least useful. Most irrelevant. Take your pick.
I refer to the habit of styling Mozart's Concerto No. 21 in C Major for Piano and Orchestra, K. 467 as the "Elvira Madigan."
Mozart's symphonies, operas, and chamber music are recorded and sold and performed around the world to this day. In that, his music differs quite a bit from Elvira Madigan, because, ladies and gentlemen, nobody has ever seen Elvira Madigan, at least not since its 1967 release. It was an "art house" movie back then, I am told. Award-winning.
"Award-winning." Forty years ago. I rest my case.
Posted by Craig Ceely at January 29, 2006 08:51 PMNever heard of it, Elvira Madigan, that is. I suspect she plays the concerto in the movie. Maybe its worth watching?
Posted by: BridgetB at January 30, 2006 10:39 AM