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I think this was a truely amazing feat.
The number 1 and 2 selling Christmas CD's in the country this year
were both by the same group:
#1 - A Fresh Aire Christmas
by Mannheim Steamroller
#2 - Mannheim Steamroller Christmas
by Mannheim Steamroller
Congratulations and hats off to the Mannheim Steamroller.
Marty
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| 1449.1 | They're Wonderful | VAX4::SHULER | Wed Dec 28 1988 13:57 | 13 | |
On one hand it is amazing that both their Christmas CDs have done
so well. On the other hand it isn't amazing ... people love both
quality and beautiful music.
I believe somebody made the comment in note "What is Fresh Aire"
that their first Christmas album was the only Christmas music
he liked.
The Mannheim Steamroller group is really great! I love all the
CDs I've bought by them so far (~10).
Happy listening!
Gina
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| 1449.2 | It's not just a crazy name... | HUSKER::HENDERSON | Let it Snow, Let it Snow... | Thu Dec 29 1988 22:41 | 36 |
I went to a Mannheim Steamroller Fresh Aire Christmas concert
tonight and found in the concert program an answer to something
I'm sure many of you have been curious about. The following is
an explanation of what "Mannheim Steamroller" and "Fresh Aire"
means:
MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER - FRESH AIRE
MANNHEIM STYLE. "A style found in instrumental works by composers
of the electoral court of the Mannheim School from 1740 to 1788.
A principal feature of the style is its tendency to exploit
dynamic effects. Mannheim Symphonies often incorporate an extended,
thematically independent creschendo passage or Walze ('roller',
sometimes anachronistically translated as 'Steamroller'). Such
passages, most of which contain a rising melodic line over a
pedal point or oscillating bass patern, typically reappear at
important junctures within the movement, contributing a sense
of profile to the form."
AIRE (AYRE). A term originating in England and France in the
16th century synonymous with 'tune' or 'song' ...especially
of lighter pieces. By the 18th century it clearly denoted a
simple, unpretentious song. English writers sometimes used
'air' apparently denoting not a tune itself but the aeschetic
quality of a piece of music that might be summed up as inevitable
rightness -- perfection even -- in which the various elements,
especially melody and harmony, complement and enhance one another."
The New Grove Dictionary
of Music and Musicians
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| 1449.3 | It's my fault... | SCOMAN::PHILLIPS | Music of the spheres. | Fri Dec 30 1988 16:02 | 10 |
Re. .0
I may have helped to set that record....I purchased "Fresh Aire
Christmas" a few days before the holiday. Before I knew it, it
and the Windham Hill "Winter Solstice" were all that I was playing
for holiday music.
"Fresh Aire Christmas" is a true Christmas treat!
--Eric--
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