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By the way, other than the Schubert sonata, does anyone know anything for arpeggione?
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« Reply #151 on: 12:27:20, 20-04-2007 » |
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There must be pieces for arpeggione. It was a popular instrument, wasn't it. Meanwhile here is hurdy gurdy we have not discuss yet.  |
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wasnt the Schubert a commissioned demo for the thing? There must be some salon things around somewhere
but I believe the canvassed musos thought it unwieldy.
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'...Igor on the electric accordion'. A heavy-breathing figure in a flasher mac darted behind the premises as I passed...
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« Reply #153 on: 15:58:37, 20-04-2007 » |
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...its that Roger Wright again isnt it-just nipping out the office for a quick squeeze (ironic intent here btw)
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I love the hurdy gurdy, it has a beautiful tone  I have a few CDs of mediaeval and renaissance music which feature the hurdy gurdy, and when I didn't understand what I was hearing I thought it must be some kind of bagpipe (because of the drones)! Now I've seen it played live a few times and I know better. There was a hurdy gurdy player at the Northumbria Gathering last weekend but I arrived late and only heard one and a half tunes  |
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One rather irksome condition of Lully's employment for Louis XIV was accepting the responsibilities of managing the Grande Ecurie e Chambre du Roy. This involved Lully in having to write a large amount of military music, and music for the Royal Hunt, and he was obliged to write for the musical personnel he inherited in this sizeable establishment. This means there is quite a bit of hurdy-gurdy music by Lully - he included the instrument in the scores of several of his operas, largely because His Majesty like the instrument. There is a whole manual of side-drum rolls, flams and licks by Lully too.
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This is very interesting Reiner. I don't know much about Lully. He is a name from my music history classes that I had to take 100 years ago.
May be there will be revival of interest to his operas and his personality and he will be like Handel. Was he of the same calibre like Handle? He is for sure exceptional composer.
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« Reply #157 on: 13:26:12, 21-04-2007 » |
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As little as I know about Lully can be summed up fairly quickly: born in Italy, lived for a while as something of a rogue in the streets of Paris, wrote some rather fun dances including ( I think) the march of the Turks (le bourgeois gentilhomme), and finally popped his clogs (i.e. died) after striking his foot instead of the floor, while beating time with his staff, causing an injury which turned gangrenous. Wikipedia has a small article on his life. |
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« Reply #158 on: 21:03:30, 22-04-2007 » |
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finally popped his clogs (i.e. died) after striking his foot instead of the floor, while beating time with his staff
There is a school of thought which maintains indeed that this was the very origin of the phrase 'to pop one's clogs'. Actually, no there isn't. But there should be. |
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« Reply #159 on: 12:07:08, 17-06-2007 » |
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After last night's concert, one of these has inveigled (possibly even beguiled  ) its way into my top favourites. It may look a bit comic at first sight but what a lovely sleek animal it is the right hands. Sexy as an otter.  These are the right hands, incidentally: Aleksander Kolkowski's. |
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« Reply #161 on: 23:20:28, 17-06-2007 » |
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Sexy as an otter.
I love Otters too - sponsored a couple up in Skye, even - but I wouldn't go as far saying 'sexy'. Is there anything you'd like to share with us, GG? Oh, and your instrument looks damn fine, by the way. Tommo |
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Not sexy?! Could anything be more alluring?  Ms Anne Sophie von Otter, a recent centrefold portrait in Lutraphile Weekly. |
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« Reply #163 on: 11:59:35, 21-06-2007 » |
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The most important thing in playing any instrument is to have dry and warm hands (not to mention clean).
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« Reply #164 on: 13:30:35, 21-06-2007 » |
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The most important thing in playing any instrument is to have dry and warm hands (not to mention clean).
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