Don Music

Composer Don Music was a character on the children's television show Sesame Street who would become frustrated by his inability to think of the final line to songs such as Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Mary Had a Little Lamb, and react by banging his head on his piano. As a result, he would come up with alternate lyrics to the familiar children's songs. picture of Don Music File links The following pages link to this file: Don Music Categories: Images with unknown source ... picture of Don Music File links The following pages link to this file: Don Music Categories: Images with unknown source ... Childrens television shows are television programs designed for and marketed to children, normally aired during the morning and afternoon hours, mainly before and after school. ... From A Celebration of Me, Grover, showing much of the main cast of Sesame Street. ... This page is about musical songs. ... Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star is one of the most popular English nursery rhymes. ... Mary had a little lamb is a popular nursery rhyme. ... This article is about the modern musical instrument. ...

Don Music debuted in 1973, and would soon be discontinued, as parents complained to the Children's Television Workshop that their kids were imitating him by banging their heads against things. Concerns were also raised that Don was teaching inappropriate ways to vent their anger when things weren't going right. 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Sesame Workshop, formerly known as the Childrens Television Workshop (or CTW), is a non-profit organization behind the production of several educational childrens programs that have run on public broadcasting around the world (including PBS in the United States), as well as Noggin, a joint venture with Viacom...

He kept a picture of Sesame Street songwriter and composer Joe Raposo on the wall, although it was never actually identified as such. Don Music also maintained a bust of Ludwig von Beethoven on his piano, and often apologised to "Ludwig" for his failure as a composer. A songwriter is someone who writes either the lyrics or the music for songs. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Joe Raposo (February 8, 1937 - February 5, 1989) was a composer and lyricist, best known for his work on the childrens television series Sesame Street, including the theme song. ... Ancient Greeks depiction of ideal form of the body is expressed through sculpture such as this one. ... Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized December 17, 1770 – March 26, 1827) was a German composer of Classical music, the predominant musical figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras. ...

Don Music was performed by Richard Hunt. There have been a number of people named Richard Hunt: Richard Hunt, a nineteenth century architect Richard Hunt, supplied voices for a number of the Muppets Richard Hunt, one of the founders of Green Anarchist and Alternative Green Ricahrd Hunt, a mathematician Richard Hunt, a sculptor This is a disambiguation...

External links

• Quicktime format video of Don (http://www.cmug.org/img/DonMusic.mov)
• Don Music on the Tongs Wiki (http://www.tongs.org.uk/wiki.pl?DonMusic)