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From:  Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...>
Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...>
Date:  Wed Apr 11, 2001  1:30 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] CLASSICAL IN MODERN MUSIC


On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Jennifer wrote:

> A couple of days ago, I was looking for music in my
> favorite on-line music libraryster and came across
> something called "trance opera". Basically, someone
> has taken opera (and some non-opera) favorites and put
> them to a modern electronic kind of accompaniment. I'm
> still trying to decide what I think about it...

Not a new concept. Remember Wendy Carlos and "Switched on Bach"...and the
Swingle Singers, for that matter.

KM
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