Christmas Clip Countdown: Bobby McFerrin
In 1853, Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann published an arrangement of an improvisation his son-in-law, Charles Gounod, composed as a sort of descant to Bach's Prelude in C Major BWV 846, using Ave Maria as the text. Here is the music performed by the amazing Bobby McFerrin and his audience.
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"An unrehearsed expression is born just like that, and the camera registers that expression."
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—The Magic Lantern — Ingmar Bergman
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I began my early studies of music at the Juilliard School’s Preparatory Division, then received degrees in Music Composition from Ithaca College and Northwestern University. I've worked in advertising, directed the Creative Writing Program at Mundelein...
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