Questions and Answers (The Three B’s)

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[JUNIOR, spoken] And now before we finish class for the day There are a few elementary questions Which I would like to ask For instance [JUNIOR] Whom was this written by? [MISS WASSERVOGEL] By Cesar Franck [JUNIOR] Pronounce it "Fronck" Name this for me, Joe McCall [MCCALL] "We won't get home until morning" [JUNIOR] You won't get home at all Now please name the Russians Who love to use percussions [STUDENTS] Tchaikovsky, Mozkowski, Mussorgsky, Stravinsky [JUNIOR] And what did Shostakovich write? [MEN] "Lady Macbeth from Minsky" [JUNIOR] These masters I quote now You tell me what they wrote now Puccini, Bellini, von Suppe, von Bülow [WOMEN] Puccini wrote "Poor Butterfly" [JUNIOR] That answer hits a new low [JUNIOR, spoken] Who are the three B's of music? [STUDENTS] Bach, Beethoven and Brahms Great examples of the charms of Orpheus Throw us right into the arms of Morpheus [JUNIOR] Johannes B.  Ludwig von B.  And Johann B.  [STUDENTS] Be sure to sing their praise You will never get the old diploma here If they catch you whistling "La Paloma" here [JUNIOR] Two of them wrote symphonies And one wrote psalms [STUDENTS] Bach, Beethoven and Herr Johannes Brahms [STUDENTS, spoken] Rossini, Bellini, Campanini, Tetrazzini Cambini, Trentini, Martini, Paganini Stokowski, Godowsky, Levitski, Leschetitsky Wolf-Ferrari, Molinari, and the man who wrote "Sari" [MISS WASSERVOGEL] There isn't a name ending in a "vitch" [STUDENTS] You forget Borrah Minnevitch [Dance break.] Two of them wrote symphonies And one wrote psalms [JUNIOR & STUDENTS] Bach, Beethoven and Herr Johannes Brahms