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Thread #69629   Message #1204185
Posted By: jack halyard
10-Jun-04 - 05:36 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Bach's Melodies in Popular Music
Subject: RE: Origins: Bach's Melodies in Popular Music
I found both "Jesu Joy of man's desiring" and "Sleeper's awake" in
'Whiter shade of pale" it was the one that got me looking closer at Bach.
"Fly me to the moon" has distinct and recognisable elements of "Toccatta and Fugue in Dm"
Like Shakespeare quotes have enriched English, so Bach seems to have left his mark on music- and that's great by me.
Jack Halyard