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Sydney Grew
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« Reply #15 on: 01:15:54, 12-08-2007 »
Quote from: MabelJane on 23:09:28, 05-07-2007
I remember him trying to put me at my ease . . .

We suppose most talented composers are nice and kind people. They have to be sensitive simply because of the nature of their Art. A few acquire a reputation for gruffness but it comes from the wish not to be interrupted in their labours, not from aggression.
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« Reply #16 on: 01:25:45, 12-08-2007 »
Quote from: Sydney Grew on 01:15:54, 12-08-2007
Quote from: MabelJane on 23:09:28, 05-07-2007
I remember him trying to put me at my ease . . .

We suppose most talented composers are nice and kind people. They have to be sensitive simply because of the nature of their Art. A few acquire a reputation for gruffness but it comes from the wish not to be interrupted in their labours, not from aggression.

Now we know for sure that Member Grew is extracting the Michael.
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'These acts of keeping politics out of music, however, do not prevent musicology from being a political act . . .they assure that every apolitical act assumes a greater political immediacy' - Philip Bohlman, 'Musicology as a Political Act'
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« Reply #17 on: 03:47:36, 12-08-2007 »
Quote from: oliver sudden on 00:55:03, 12-08-2007
As was A Spotless Rose for that matter.

(That's still one of my favorites, Ollie.  Shh.  Don't tell anyone.)
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« Reply #18 on: 08:46:44, 12-08-2007 »
Is there another word in English that's quite as satisfying to sing as 'cold'? I doubt it. Although 'night' runs it damn close, at least in that solo.

Aaron, your secret is safe with me.  Wink
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