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Conference mr1pst::music

Title:	MUSIC V4
Notice:	New Noters please read Note 1.*, Mod = someone else
Moderator:	KDX200::COOPER

Created:	Wed Oct 09 1991
Last Modified:	Tue Mar 12 1996
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	762
Total number of notes:	18706

522.0. ""A Wandering Minstrel I", written by ..." by ERICG::ERICG (Eric Goldstein) Wed Oct 20 1993 17:21

I've always assumed that this song, from "The Mikado", is a typical creation of
Sir Arthur Sullivan.  But a friend of mine claims that the first verse, at
least, was lifted from Shakespeare.  I think that's one of the silliest things
that I've ever heard, but ...

Is there a music scholar out there, or even just a Gilbert and Sullivan freak,
who can either
    1)	provide any evidence for this allegation; or
    2)	help me figure out how to refute it?

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522.1 EDINA::MZ_DEBRA Cooking with Mz. Debra Wed Feb 02 1994 13:34 7

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522.1		EDINA::MZ_DEBRA	Cooking with Mz. Debra	`Wed Feb 02 1994 13:34`	7
	{ahem} so, am I too late to answer this? Shakespeare, in _Hamlet_, wrote a line in, I think, III iv where Hamlet refers to Claudius as "A king of shreds and patches". That's the only line from "A Wandering Minstrel I" that rings a bell as far as Shakespeare goes. You might try asking in DCL::SUDBURY_SAVOYARDS.

    
    {ahem} so, am I too late to answer this?  
    
    Shakespeare, in _Hamlet_, wrote a line in, I think, III iv where Hamlet 
    refers to Claudius as "A king of shreds and patches".  That's the only
    line from "A Wandering Minstrel I" that rings a bell as far as
    Shakespeare goes.  You might try asking in DCL::SUDBURY_SAVOYARDS.