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The Barlow-Morgenstern Method

4 Extra Debut. Tony Hawks uses an unusual reference work to explore the complex world of musical plagiarism. With Neil Innes. From May 2012.

Comedian and songwriter Tony Hawks discovers an unusual reference work, Harold Barlow and Sam Morgenstern's Dictionary of Musical Themes, which takes him on an unexpected journey into the complex world of musical plagiarism.

Along the way he talks to the country's top musicologist, a West End musical director, composer Debbie Wiseman MBE and Neil Innes, who not only won a plagiarism case, but also wrote the Beatles parody The Rutles.

Producer: Isobel Williams
A Bite Yer Legs production for BBC Radio 4.

28 minutes

Last on

Wed 5 Apr 201701:30
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  • Sat 26 May 201210:30
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  • Mon 24 Sep 201216:00
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  • Tue 4 Apr 201706:30
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  • Tue 4 Apr 201713:30
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  • Wed 5 Apr 201701:30
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