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This article submitted by Robin Hopf on 2/29/00.

Topic: Give your tale a brief descriptive title

The Tale:

At a BBC Proms concert about twenty years ago, the announcer was explaining that the next work was Ligeti's Lontano - a chamber work that starts quietly and then builds and slowly fades away. The announcer was describing the chairs being set up on the stage and the musicians coming out and was starting to give a little background detail on the composer when he realised that the musicians had started playing and were well into the work!

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