At The Symphony
The Boston Symphony was performing Beethoven's Ninth. In the piece, there's
a long passage about 20 minutes during which the bass violinists have
nothing to do. Rather than sit around the whole time looking stupid, some
bassists decided to sneak offstage and go to the tavern next door for a
quick one.
After slamming several beers in quick succession (as bass violinists are
prone to do), one of them looked at his watch. "Hey! We need to get back!"
"No need to panic," said a fellow bassist. "I thought we might need some
extra time, so I tied the last few pages of the conductor's score together
with string. It'll take him a few minutes to get it untangled."
A few moments later they staggered back to the concert hall and took their
places in the orchestra. About this time, a member of the audience noticed
the conductor seemed a bit edgy and said as much to her companion.
"Well, of course," said her companion. "Don't you see? It's the bottom of
the Ninth, the score is tied, and the bassists are loaded."
The Boston Symphony was performing Beethoven's Ninth. In the piece, there's
a long passage about 20 minutes during which the bass violinists have
nothing to do. Rather than sit around the whole time looking stupid, some
bassists decided to sneak offstage and go to the tavern next door for a
quick one.
After slamming several beers in quick succession (as bass violinists are
prone to do), one of them looked at his watch. "Hey! We need to get back!"
"No need to panic," said a fellow bassist. "I thought we might need some
extra time, so I tied the last few pages of the conductor's score together
with string. It'll take him a few minutes to get it untangled."
A few moments later they staggered back to the concert hall and took their
places in the orchestra. About this time, a member of the audience noticed
the conductor seemed a bit edgy and said as much to her companion.
"Well, of course," said her companion. "Don't you see? It's the bottom of
the Ninth, the score is tied, and the bassists are loaded."
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