Musical Misunderstandings
Hunt's Fresh Howlers—Musical Misunderstandings
This page contains selected music howlers from Cecil Hunt's classic book of Fresh Howlers, published in 1930. The selected extracts, edited and rearranged, are reproduced for readers in countries where Fresh Howlers is in the public domain, which includes Australia. For other countries, please check your local copyright laws.
Phonograph: derived from two Latin words—Phono, I speak; Grapho, through a tin tube.
Staccato: another name for a large fiddle.
Stradivarius: a disease.
Stradivarius: a kind of greediness.
Stradivarius: an imaginary prehistoric animal.
S.O.S. is a musical term meaning same only softer.
ff means fump, fump.
Bach is a world-famous compositor.
Chopping's funeral march is played at many royal weddings.
Dame Nellie Melba broke all records for swimming.
Gilbert and Sullivan are famous tennis players.
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