Voca me cum benedictis
November 4, 2014 10:10 AM   Subscribe

There was of course the famous(ly spurious, although informative for showing how orchestration works) scene in Amadeus where the ailing Mozart dictates the Confutatis maledictis to Salieri.

Well, here is a more recent example of teaching the Confutatis via call-and-response.

Something tells me Wolfie would approve.
posted by Thomas Tallis is my Homeboy (6 comments total) 15 users marked this as a favorite
 
I too cracked up when singing guy cracked up.
posted by GuyZero at 10:35 AM on November 4, 2014 [5 favorites]


I love that movie. Now you tell me it's not a documentary?

BLASPHEMY.
posted by grubi at 10:38 AM on November 4, 2014


A tinny robot-Koala voice incredulously whispers "These... are originals?"
posted by mhoye at 11:09 AM on November 4, 2014 [2 favorites]


OK, now I want - NEED - to put on a concert where a bunch of these toys, dressed as are their wranglers in black tie and evening dress, are put through their paces. It sounds like the pitch doubling and timing is good enough to keep harmony...
posted by Devonian at 11:40 AM on November 4, 2014 [1 favorite]


Oh my lands, I laughed myself sick and then shared with the scores of choir nerds I know. Thank you.
posted by donnagirl at 3:08 PM on November 4, 2014


I chuckled when he first cracked up and was wheezing by the end.
posted by Lexica at 9:11 PM on November 4, 2014


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