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Word: wursthausischen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Band portion of yesterday's concert, with all its good points, was nearly eclipsed by the appearance of five suspendered individuals known as "Die Wursthausischen Philharmonischen Flugelhorn-Musikanten" who provided by far the best entertainment of the afternoon with a post-intermission selection of beer music in true Austrian style, fairly bringing down the house. Known otherwise as "The Hungry Five," these gentlemen sported the thickest of gutterel accents, the nattiest of knee-length stockings, and a monstrous tuba that was seven feet tall if it was an inch, grinding out such old favorites as "If You Knew Brunnhilde Like...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Music Box | 5/3/1948 | See Source »

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