Catalunia Catholic Boy's Choir Sing The 'Meow" Song (Video)

ChicoER Gate ^ | 5/19/10 | Chuck Wolk

[Korah]

I thought everyone could use a little laugh. This is so cute.,

[TSgt]

Creepy

[Korah]

Creepy

Why?

I thought it was cute.

[DesertRhino]

Creepy. IMO, 14 year old boys have no business living in a monastery learning showtunes from “Cats”. Europe is a weird wierd place.

[silverleaf]

Wonderful- I love boy choirs.

[DesertRhino]

Where’s Monty Pythons flying circus when you need them? I’d love to see their take on this,,,,

[timeflies]

They do have great voices but the choice of music was weird.

[Korah]

Creepy. IMO, 14 year old boys have no business living in a monastery learning showtunes from “Cats”. Europe is a weird wierd place.

For your information, this is not a tune that was composed for broadway. It is a classical tune from the 1800"s.


Gioacchino Antonio Rossini",Composer
Duetto buffo di due gatti ('Cat Duet'), Originally composed for 2 voices and piano

Musicology:

Duetto buffo di due gatti ('Cat Duet'), for 2 voices and piano (spurious)

Year: 1816
Genre: Solo Song / Lied / Chanson
Pr. Instruments: Soprano & Piano

Many are the vocal recitals and opera galas that have ended with the Cat Duet as an encore. Though scored for two sopranos and piano, the work exists in orchestral versions and has been sung by male-female pairs and even as a tomcat duet.

The text consists in its entirety of the single word "meow," and singers treat the melodies basically however they want to. The origins of this work are cloudy, but historians agree that it is not an authentic work by Rossini.

It does, however, contain a good deal of Rossini's music, so the attribution is not completely off the mark. The Cat Duet contains elements of
1) the aria "Ah, come mai non senti," from the second act of Rossini's opera Otello (1816),

2) a nearby duet between the characters Otello and Iago, and

3) an earlier work in the same vein, the "Cat Cavatina" of Danish opera and song composer C.E.F. Weyse. The compiler was probably Robert Lucas Pearsall, a British composer better known for his output of hymns.

In 1973, the Schott publishing house issued a facsimile of an 1825 edition of the Cat Duet, published by Ewer & Johanning and credited to Pearsall, but bearing the pseudonym G. Berthold.

From Rossini's day down to ours, the piece has never lost its appeal for singers, concertgoers, and cat lovers; it often appears, of course, on compilations of classical music pertaining to felines.

Next time get educated on the music before you criticize the work or the performers.

[dfwgator]

I thought the “Meow” song went:

I like chicken, I like liver, Meow Mix Meow Mix please deliver!

[Ultra Sonic 007]

I thought the “Meow” song went: I like chicken, I like liver, Meow Mix Meow Mix please deliver!

Is it bad that I thought the same thing clicking on the link?

[Slings and Arrows]

(Sort of) Kitty Ping!

[Nepeta]

Great stuff for ailurophiles.

[martin_fierro]

[kalee]

Thank you!

[Slings and Arrows]

[homegroan]

I thought it was great; these boys take their singing VERY seriously (I’ve been blessed with the same gift since I was 5) and it’s wonderful to see them just having fun-especially vocal fun!

SZQ

[Fawn]

The audience loved it....it was funny...

[MozarkDawg]

Now that’s some *caterwauling* we can enjoy!! Thanks for posting. :)

[AmericaUnite]

Look at this link. Someone has cats singing it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DinASQRRFA&feature=related

[Sunshine Sister]

Indeed. Makes me want to run down to the humane society and adopt a new baby!