Peanuts by Charles Schulz for January 11, 1955
Transcript:
Charlie Brown and Schroeder are in the living-room. Charlie Brown is reading a book to Schroeder. He reads, "It says here that Beethoven wrote ten violin sonatas, thirty-two piano sonatas..."<br> <br> Schroeder sits at his piano as Charlie Brown continues, "One horn sonata, five string trios, sixteen string quartets, nine symphonies.."<br> <br> He continues, "Five piano concertos, and one violin concerto..." Schroeder walks over to him and says, "See? What did I tell you?"<br> <br> He concludes, "No Mambos!"<br> <br>
jkoskov over 13 years ago
Deep philosophy on my birthday. Had to go up from there!
yow4zip Premium Member almost 10 years ago
He can’t write everything.
Stormwyrm about 7 years ago
The Mambo began to become a distinct musical form only by the late 1930s, more than a century after Beethoven’s death, and even the Mambo’s precursors, the Cuban habanera and danzón, only began to take on recognisable forms in the 1840s.
C wolfe over 4 years ago
Left out his opera, Fidelio.
Daeder over 3 years ago
Everyone knows Beethoven wrote five mambos. His most famous one was “Mambo No. 5”
microcraft over 2 years ago
Is that a….book CB has? Today it would be Google on a smartphone