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Peanuts by Charles Schulz for August 20, 1966
August 19, 1966
August 21, 1966
Transcript:
Lucy lies on Schroeder's piano and says, "You think Beethoven was great . . ."<BR><BR> Lucy continues, "Well, what about Chopin, Bach, Mozart, Bloch, Bartok, Berlioz, Bizet, Brahms, Delius, DeBussy and Dvorak?"<BR><BR> Lucy goes on, "What about Elgar, Franck, Glinka, Gregg, Handel, Haydn, Humperdink, Liszt, Mahler, Mendelssohn, Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Schubert, Sibelius, Tschaikowsky and Vivaldi?"<BR><BR> Schroeder replies, "They were great too . . ." Lucy fumes, "Rats! For one brief moment I thought I had him!"<BR><BR>
valheru about 13 years ago
Good answer.
MrJamie1062 about 9 years ago
At least Lucy lost this time. Of course Beethoven was not the only great classical music composer.
GenreChowderStudios over 8 years ago
The names she listed appear to be in alphabetical order. Did Sparky just look at a list of famous composers and write ’me down?
Zoomydid over 6 years ago
Engelbert Humperdinck (the singer who named himself after the composer) was just about to become internationally famous when this strip appeared, but he didn’t really hit it big until 1967…
thepinkbaroness over 4 years ago
Ooh, I love Liszt!
Best Commenter Ever about 4 years ago
What about Guaraldi?
phoenixnyc almost 3 years ago
I don’t know that I’d call Elgar “great”……
kcj about 2 years ago
Schroeder can answer “they were great” because Lucy limited her list to those who are already decomposed. For example, Stravinsky (1882-1971) does not get mentioned.
FrostbiteFalls over 1 year ago
Give her credit for doing her research (for a change).
petkovicdeca 27 days ago
I know everyone here except Bloch and Delius