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« on: 11:51:31, 19-07-2008 » |
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From time to time I have started threads which are not to do with music, but other arts, (eg Children's books, Bleak House)
The only board in which I can see to start them is The Coffee Bar, and that doesn't seem quite right - I am not necessarily expecting pure waffle, delightful though that may be.
Can we have a board in which threads on literature, poetry, drama, architecture, fine art etc can be discussed?
Would that be useful?
(Once threads are started I rely on the New posts link, at the top of the page, but it would be useful to know where to start one in the first place.)
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Ian Pace
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« Reply #1 on: 13:27:14, 19-07-2008 » |
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That would be great, not least for navigation purposes - how about simply an board called 'Other Arts', into which most of the existing threads that fall into this category could be moved (and then everyone promises to buy a drink for the moderators when they next see them)?
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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 #2 on: 15:35:18, 19-07-2008 » |
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Yes, I would agree with that Don B and Ian, it is lovely to discuss books and art etc, so a separate board would be good.
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Reiner Torheit
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« Reply #3 on: 20:44:10, 19-07-2008 » |
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It would be useful (to me, at least!) if we had a place where the rest of musical theatre (viz ballet, contemporary dance, musicals, "performance art", etc) could be discussed too  Up until now I've put news stories about ballet into The Opera House, but they don't properly belong there (despite being a legitimate area of classical music). And indeed, the "straight" theatre too  I'm sure that one single board could be broad enough to cover all these waifs and strays, alongside books, art, exhibitions, architecture etc - after all, the only people it has to satisfy are the members |
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Ron Dough
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« Reply #4 on: 21:20:04, 19-07-2008 » |
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At least one member of the Mod Squad feels that one extra board would suffice: otherwise there's a danger that the whole thing will become far too unwieldy....
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Morticia
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« Reply #5 on: 21:30:15, 19-07-2008 » |
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I'll be standing by with the scissors and champagne for the Grand Opening Suggestions for a name for the new room, anyone? |
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Reiner Torheit
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« Reply #6 on: 21:36:00, 19-07-2008 » |
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Suggestions for a name for the new room, anyone?
I'd hope we could keep it as open-ended as possible, so that any kind of artistic endeavour would happily belong there (rather than a "Stage, Screen & Bookshelf" kind of title which hems in discussions about, say, electronic arts)? It would also pre-empt a repeat of this discussion in a year's time when we get pleas of "why can't morris-dancing have its own section?" - and thus help us with the desirable aim of keeping it to one broad section. |
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"I was, for several months, mutely in love with a coloratura soprano, who seemed to me to have wafted straight from Paradise to the stage of the Odessa Opera-House"
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Don Basilio
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« Reply #7 on: 21:39:10, 19-07-2008 » |
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I'll be standing by with the scissors and champagne for the Grand Opening Suggestions for a name for the new room, anyone? Arts Other Than Music? Tonight is the first night for twelve days that I have drunk any wine due to summer 'flu (well I did have a couple of glasses last night, but not so you'd notice) so my suggestion may be a bit unthought-through. |
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Don Basilio
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« Reply #8 on: 21:53:02, 19-07-2008 » |
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Yes, I would agree with that Don B and Ian, it is lovely to discuss books and art etc, so a separate board would be good.
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And since, with due respect to them both, I can well imagine that their artistic tastes do not often coincide (Brahms Requiem, perhaps? I can't see Ian curling up with Barchester Towers, omnivorous though his literary tastes notoriously are) if two such stalwart members as A and Ian agree it is probably a Good Idea. |
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richard barrett
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« Reply #9 on: 22:15:26, 19-07-2008 » |
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"why can't morris-dancing have its own section?" We could just call it the "Morris-Dancing Room". Or "Everything But The Music." |
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Stanley Stewart
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« Reply #10 on: 22:39:49, 19-07-2008 » |
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# 5 Room With A View, Mort?
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Don Basilio
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« Reply #11 on: 17:35:05, 20-07-2008 » |
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Up until now I've put news stories about ballet into The Opera House,
Since the Royal Opera House Covent Garden wastes devotes up to half of its schedule to performances by the Royal Ballet without needing to change its name to the Royal Opera and Ballet House, I don't see why ballet (and all other forms of musical drama) cannot remain under that title. I suggest we change the sub-title of that board from "Discuss all opera subjects here" to "Discuss all opera, ballet and music theatre subjects here". Then other arts can just go in a board with a jokey name if you must, and the sub-title "A place to discuss arts other than music." |
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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.
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Reiner Torheit
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« Reply #12 on: 17:50:39, 20-07-2008 » |
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Not a bad suggestion at all, Don B I would prefer to see all the music-theatre stuff in one section... then we won't get hair-splitting sophistry about whether DSCH's CHERIOMUSHY is an "opera" or a "musical", or similarly Purcell's masques (which include straight drama, dance, sung sections, and purely instrumental pieces). Where do you want to put cinema, though? In the new section, or in with the theatre stuff? I have no view either way, but it would probably be useful to decide beforehand |
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"I was, for several months, mutely in love with a coloratura soprano, who seemed to me to have wafted straight from Paradise to the stage of the Odessa Opera-House"
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Don Basilio
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« Reply #13 on: 18:16:25, 20-07-2008 » |
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Cinema - and indeed non-musical theatre - are all Arts Other Than Music, I would have thought.
(OK where do you discuss movie musicals - I know ahh is very keen on the movies of Busby Berkley. I would have thought they would be covered by Arts Other Than Music - I am sure ahh would argue that they are primarily films, with music second. Would Arts Other Than Live Music cover it?)
But I'm not the arbiter of this. Any other comments, particularly from the Mods?
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Morticia
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« Reply #14 on: 18:34:37, 20-07-2008 » |
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We aren't ignoring this topic, but there's a fair amount of mopping up going on at the mo after the recent spam shower. Hopefully, we can sort out new premises for Books, Ballet, Art and Film pretty soon.
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