In his round-up of humorous references to classical music in the Simpsons, my colleague David Barker observes about "farting (I suspect this is the first time that word has been used on this site!)". I regret to inform him that he sadly overestimates the decorum of the contributors to this website; I am sad enough to have searched it and found many such occasions: Alex Russell in 2003 regarding Stravinsky's Pulcinella: "The LSO trombonist must not be afraid to fart when the occasion demands it."; Gary Higginson in 2010 re Frescobaldi: "One student of mine wrote that he “was potentially a boring old fart”."; John Ireland in Memoirs by Humphrey Searle: "Master Britten, always having something to show in the shop window - if he farts they'll record it."; Dan Morgan on Messiaen: "The fart and shriek of this weird score has seldom emerged with such clarity and impact" and shame on you, Dan, even worse on Shostakovich's The Nose in 2009: " the trombone fart in scene iii for instance - where Kovalev discovers his pecker has gone AWOL."
I could go on, as there are many more but I hesitate to wound further the delicate sensibilities of our readers. It just shows you: perhaps the world of classical music appreciation is not as stuffy as some would have you believe...
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