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From: "ceccles_ca" <ecclesreinson@rogers.com>
To: <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 3:26 PM
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Debussy by Manfred Mann


> I've been enjoying Mike's Satie recordings. Nicely done Mike. It put
> me in the mood for some Debussy. I have a Debussy sheet music book.
> I found a tune in it called Jimbo's Lullaby that looked easy. When I
> played it, I heard Manfred Mann's Earth the Circle (from Solar Fire).
> The melody is exactly the same. I don't really want to go digging
> around for that LP, but I seem to recall Mann credited as the songwriter.


I've just checked, and he is. I don't know how many other classical
adaptations he did, but the non-album 'Joybringer' is based on Holst's
'Jupiter'.

Andy T.