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Classical 101

The Musicians of Bremen...Muppet-style

The Musicians of Bremen tells the story of a donkey which, after years of hard labor and abuse at the hands of his evil owner, was about to be , shall we say, forcibly and permanently retired.  The Brothers Grimm put it this way: "A man had a donkey, who for long years had untiringly carried sacks to the mill, but whose strength was now failing, so that he was becoming less and less able to work. Then his master thought that he would no longer feed him, but the donkey noticed that it was not a good wind that was blowing and ran away, setting forth on the road to Bremen, where he thought he could become a town musician." It's one thing to read the story, but it's an entirely different experience when you see the tale through the eyes of Jim Henson's Muppets.  Kermit the Frog is your narrator. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaukpCAjTlM

Classical 101