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A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail

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The Role of Chord Progression in Musical Theatre

The QI theme and Jingle Bells work perfectly together. Composer Howard Goodall says he tries to make all of the tunes fit together just as a kind of intellectual exercise. Charles Guino in 1853 took a piece of music from 1722 by J.S. Bark, slung a tune on top - it's just so Barry Manolo. The place where this happens the most is in musical theatre and opera. It's like fitting stuff in that shouldn't fit together. We're living our best in Canto live.

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