Debussy and Plagiarism: Where Did He Steal Most of Pelleas and Melisande From?

Cato · January 31, 2009, 03:52:44 AM

I have been witnessing a regrettable academic brouhaha, which is not the least bit funny, and so it might be better characterized as a brouha, or even just a brou, which reminds me that Clancy's opens in a few minutes. In any case, this mountainous kerfluffle is extremely serious, since it stains, tarnishes, and brownishes, and if you order today, it will even ratchify a formerly glorious reputation, namely that of an infamous Frenchman, and I know that does not narrow things down for you at all, and so I regrettably inform you that Professor Theodore von Schwarzenhoffen (q.v.) has incontrovertible evidence - on film !!! - that the opera known as Pelleas et Melisande aka Pelleas und Melisande aka Pelleas and Melisande aka Pell 'n' Mel by the scandalous roué and even roux Clawed De Bussy is a seventh-class fraud!

Yes, this "composer" of other people's operas now stands accused of lifting, purloining, and basically kleptifying the little-known Persian Carpathian opera Schreckenschnatz by Gilka Kimo and Ossip Pepito.

To wit: the filmic evidence is available to all now on YouTube: advance to the 4:50 mark for the pudding in this tragedy-doo-dah:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djl5uuNSdWg&feature=related

I thank you for your attention!

Wanderer · January 31, 2009, 04:19:16 AM

Quote from: Cato on January 31, 2009, 03:52:44 AM
Professor Theodore von Schwarzenhoffen (q.v.) has incontrovertible evidence - on film !!! - that the opera known as Pelleas et Melisande aka Pelleas und Melisande aka Pelleas and Melisande aka Pell 'n' Mel by the scandalous roué and even roux Clawed De Bussy is a seventh-class fraud!

Poor Clawed...

Cato · January 31, 2009, 05:14:10 AM

Clawed was flawed, no doubt about it!

Cato · January 31, 2009, 05:59:43 AM

Quote from: ' on January 31, 2009, 04:05:17 AM
AKA Debussy Fields [forever]'

I have found a rare photo of the reclusive but spiderish Professor Theodore Von Schwarzenhoffen Ph.D., M.D., LL.D., D.D.S., and F.F.F.F.!

http://www.angelfire.com/movies/musicbox/music_box.htm

DavidRoss · January 31, 2009, 08:33:10 AM

"Kerfluffle" is now my word for the day...maybe even for the week, or month! Thank you, Cato!

Cato · January 31, 2009, 08:49:20 AM

Quote from: DavidRoss on January 31, 2009, 08:33:10 AM
"Kerfluffle" is now my word for the day...maybe even for the week, or month! Thank you, Cato!

Quite welcome! My quest: 0:) Saving civilization one word at a time!

karlhenning · January 31, 2009, 09:15:49 AM

In France, plagiarisme is an exclusive favoritism for the beach (la plage). It all leads back to La mer, dunnit?

Cato · January 31, 2009, 03:15:26 PM

Quote from: karlhenning on January 31, 2009, 09:15:49 AM
In France, plagiarisme is an exclusive favoritism for the beach (la plage). It all leads back to La mer, dunnit?

And La Mer according to Professor Theodore Von Schwarzenhoffen Ph.D., M.D., LL.D., D.D.S., and F.F.F.F was stolen from Klaus Harmony's epic homage to Martha Stewart Mädchenpfadfinder sind eine Gute Sache (iTranslation: Girl Scouts Are A Good Thing).

www.klausharmony.com

Quantum physicists are investigating exactly how Clawed De Bussy was able to appropriate this music 90 years before it was composed.

It baffles Science!

Just like these two: The Pronkwonk Twins, Brentwood (The World's Smallest Giant) and Elwood (The World's Largest Midget)

karlhenning · January 31, 2009, 03:25:26 PM

Quote from: Cato on January 31, 2009, 03:15:26 PM
And La Mer according to Professor Theodore Von Schwarzenhoffen Ph.D., M.D., LL.D., D.D.S., and F.F.F.F was stolen from Klaus Harmony's epic homage to Martha Stewart Mädchenpfadfinder sind eine Gute Sache (iTranslation: Girl Scouts Are A Good Thing).

Subtly alluded to in the Children's Cupcake Suite.

Wanderer · February 01, 2009, 12:52:13 AM

Quote from: Cato on January 31, 2009, 03:15:26 PM
...according to Professor Theodore Von Schwarzenhoffen

Any relation to General Heinrich von Schnitzel?

Quote from: Cato on January 31, 2009, 08:49:20 AM
Saving civilization one word at a time!

Good one.

Cato · February 01, 2009, 06:13:54 AM

Quote from: Wanderer on February 01, 2009, 12:52:13 AM
Any relation to General Heinrich von Schnitzel?

Good one.

This is getting scary!

The General has a Facebook page!

http://www.facebook.com/people/Heinrich-Von-Schnitzel/1089982685

But is he a composer or a veal cutlet?

I suspect he is not a relative of the professor, but he might be related to this famous Von:

The incredible Baron Von Zipper (the one pointing with the cap, aka Harvey Lembeck).

Wanderer · February 01, 2009, 07:12:32 AM

Quote from: Cato on February 01, 2009, 06:13:54 AM
This is getting scary! The General has a Facebook page!

http://www.facebook.com/people/Heinrich-Von-Schnitzel/1089982685

But is he a composer or a veal cutlet?

Scary, indeed.

Actually, I was referring to a character from the Greek film "Το κλάμα βγήκε απ'τον παράδεισο" (a satire of old Greek, semi-iconic film melodramas of the 60's-70's), a vile Nazi general in occupied Greece. He's no composer, but certainly a music lover...-->(he's the one being hit by the shoe)