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It's the daisies that are doing in my lawn. It looks OK newly-mown but when you get down on your knees and look close much of the 'green' is not grass  |
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It's the daisies that are doing in my lawn. It looks OK newly-mown but when you get down on your knees and look close much of the 'green' is not grass This belongs in the grumpy rant room, clearly. |
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« Reply #1697 on: 20:55:05, 08-06-2007 » |
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(Some here might be interested to know of Liszt's Arbeiterchor and other works connected to his initially pro-revolutionary sympathies around the 1848 period  ) [/quote] Ian, I am interested in Liszt's Argeiterchor and other works in this connection. I know very little. I know Liszt's Rapsodies having played two (the easiest I think). I know Liszt's Rigoletto paraphrase well having played that. I heard a lot of his pieces (Mephisto Waltz etc), but I don't know much about different editions. My edition is an old Hungarian edition (Rapsodies). I can not say this edition is great. My teacher wrote many good fingers in them and also devided passages between hands well). Beside that I know very little. |
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Mary Chambers
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It's the daisies that are doing in my lawn. It looks OK newly-mown but when you get down on your knees and look close much of the 'green' is not grass I think daisies are lovely, the more the better.  Anyway, I must watch Darcey's farewell now. |
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« Reply #1699 on: 21:46:30, 08-06-2007 » |
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Do you like this edition. In my time Hungarian editions of some things were not that good. Yet other things could be good.
I think that Liszt is Hungarian composer and the edition should be good. Can you tell me if you like it and how much it is. I can not find price. I don't know if I am going to buy it, but I will consider it. Hi t-p, I am very happy with the edition but prices are sadly rather expensive - the cheapest I've ever found is at http://www.chappellofbondstreet.co.uk/ - search for Liszt and Budapest and you should find it. On average, they are about £20 - £30 a volume. I tend to buy secondhand but the bindings on the older volumes were poor and fall to pieces (  ) - it's not a problem with new ones of which I have recently bought several. Happy hunting! |
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« Reply #1700 on: 22:01:03, 08-06-2007 » |
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Luckily I have two volumes of Rapsodies and at least one volume of Studies. These are old editions that I brought with me. The studies I am looking at right now are 1968 edition. These are very good. I think I have the second volume too. Some of the studies are possible, but most are impossible for me at the moment. But it is nice to be able to look at them.
I am so happy to be in Happy room with my Hungarian edition 1968 of Liszt.
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MabelJane
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« Reply #1701 on: 23:49:23, 08-06-2007 » |
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Replying to Morticia I`m sure someone will correct me here but, as far as I am aware, wasps contribute nothing to the world. They strike me as rather vindictive creatures who sting even when they aren`t being threatened. You're right - someone will correct you! I learned only recently that wasps are valuable to gardeners as they prey on quite a few garden pests - they're a vital part of nature's balance. And as I recall, early in the season they feed on a sweet, wasp-produced confection which keeps them happy but by Autumn they no longer have this provided by the colony (Imust look this up to remind myself of what it is and how this is produced - perhaps it's honey-like) which is why they are attracted by anything sweet like over-ripe fruit - and jam sandwiches on picnics! They are apparently quite desperate for sweet stuff by then which is why you can't drive them away by wafting.  Having learned the above I've been a bit more sympathetic to wasps and help them out more gently but a couple of years ago I had such a terribly painful sting on my hand that I'm very very careful! |
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MabelJane
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« Reply #1702 on: 23:55:27, 08-06-2007 » |
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PS Haven't found anything about the sweet stuff the young wasps feed on but this is quite interesting:
"Several species have economic importance, because they are among the pollinators of commercial crops, and because some feed on such destructive caterpillars as the corn-ear worm and army worm. A species that is native to Africa is known to prey on the eggs of the rhinoceros beetle, an insect that causes immense damage in coconut-growing regions. Many parasitic varieties, which lay their eggs in the body or egg of the host, are useful in the control of some harmful pests such as aphids, codling moths, and bollworms."
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« Reply #1703 on: 23:57:11, 08-06-2007 » |
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I am interested in all this Mabeljane as I spend a lot of time trying to justify the existence of wasps!!
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« Reply #1704 on: 23:59:14, 08-06-2007 » |
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(Some here might be interested to know of Liszt's Arbeiterchor and other works connected to his initially pro-revolutionary sympathies around the 1848 period ) Ian, I am interested in Liszt's Argeiterchor and other works in this connection. You can find a disk with the Arbeiterchor on here. I know very little. I know Liszt's Rapsodies having played two (the easiest I think). I know Liszt's Rigoletto paraphrase well having played that.
I heard a lot of his pieces (Mephisto Waltz etc), I'm going to be a pedant here and point out there are four Mephisto Waltzes! 1 and 3 are the most interesting, I'd say. Here is the opening of No. 3:  Otherwise, strongly recommend the Harmonies Poetiques et Religeuses, various pieces from the Années de Pèlerinage, the Études d'exécution transcendante and Concert Études, Via Crucis, the Hungarian Historical Portraits, numerous of the shorter late works, and much else. |
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Another weed I took this afternoon.  (click for large version) |
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« Reply #1706 on: 00:08:55, 09-06-2007 » |
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I am interested in all this Mabeljane as I spend a lot of time trying to justify the existence of wasps!!
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I find it quite fascinating - I'm sure everything has its rightful place in the world, but it's hard to feel sympathetic towards parasites who prey on us...I've no hesitation in squashing head lice picked up at school! Or cat fleas...  There's lots about wasps when you google - here's a news item about using wasps as a commercial pest control: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/newsroom/lgunews/pest/news009.html |
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« Reply #1707 on: 00:10:55, 09-06-2007 » |
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Another weed I took this afternoon. (click for large version) Actually it's the same size when you click on it!  |
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« Reply #1708 on: 00:12:16, 09-06-2007 » |
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Wasp waist - ouch! Reminds me of one of your recent posts MJ  |
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« Reply #1709 on: 00:14:33, 09-06-2007 » |
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Actually it's the same size when you click on it! Which browser are you using? Fireshrew? |
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