Peanuts by Charles Schulz for April 21, 2024

Birds, of course. Read the room, Snoopy.

Sounds kind of fun.

Reminds me of a character in LM Alcott’s Eight Cousins books, an orphan maid who becomes a famous concert singer. She always ends her concerts by imitating a bunch of bird calls; people are apparently charmed by this.

Reminds me of the “Singing Bird Clock” that they used to advertise on television.

Could someone please post these little musical fragments on YouTube?

Does Woodstock have to do his birdcalls on a piano now? Good grief…

I have a Peanuts Christmas clock that does some kind of chime on the hour. I’ve never used that feature, so I don’t remember exactly what it sounds like! It’s a very cute clock, though, with Woodstock on the tip of the second hand.

And now, Schroeder and Woodstock will do a duet together on the same piano.

Cool

Other birds.

Twitchers !

Mr. Schultz must have been short on time when he did this. Several of the cells are identical except for the musical notes; others are very similar. Still, amazing talent that can get so good a gag out of repetitive illustrations.

A French composer, Olivier Messiaen, (1908 – 1992), wrote a number of pieces based wholly upon birdsong.

There’s a whole community of people who do that, Snoopy. They’re called bird-watchers.

There are worse things to listen to. Road construction, rap or country music or opera, neighbors fighting or a dog incessantly barking, among them.

I wonder what Schroeder would think of this.

Birds of course

Other birds

That wasn’t just bird calls, that was Birdthoven!

Schroeder comes back after they leave and wonders, “What are these feathers doing on my piano?”

Me.

Guest artist at Schroeder Hall…

music from John Bird Cage? Gerald Finchi? Frederic Chopenguin?

Does Schroeder know you borrowed his piano?

Well, that would be me about everyday in the backyard. Free concert in the pines!

Snoopy, let me introduce you to the music of a composer named Olivier Messiaen… It’s quite good!

Birds, probably.

I thought that bird calls always start on one.

Happy people do and sad people should

There’s a long history of bird songs in music. They’re fun!

youtubeDOTcom / watch?v=ceS9-RUpzXQ

In an episode of MASH Hawkeye told a joke about a man who could fly. l Upon anding after a demonstration of his arial skills, he was asked “That’s all you can do, bird imitations?”.

Woodstock ……….. You play ……. and I’d listen ….. ;)

Better than the music playing nowadays.

What is the eighth note with the line through it?

That was great Woodstock

Olivier Messiaen?

Me. I do.