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Originally posted by Rob-hin
What whould Mozart and Beethoven and all those guys think/say if they saw the music they loved so much, beiing used in Tom and Jerry etc. cartoons? |
I suppose it would depend on the personality of the original, and the purpose for his/her music's use. It's hard to predict reactions. Wagner, who thought of music as High Art, particularly his music, would have probably been horrified at its transformation into cartoons. (Elmer Fudd running away singing, in tones out of the opera Die Walkure, "Kill the Wabbit, kill the Wabbit...!") Beethoven would have sued the various PR firms and their clients who have used his music to sell products. Richard Strauss, on the other hand, might have been amused, and simply gone to court to demand his cut of the residuals.
