Re: urinals and synchronicity on the A-flat/G sharp dilemma

2005-02-24 Thread Roman Turovsky
Roman, I have many friends in the sciences and I have always loved the titles of scientific articles for their sheer poetic impact. Hence the title of my very first HTML page. It was called The Sautscheck Saga: An experiment in paramusicology, to parody one of Tim Crawford's papers. RT

Re: urinals and synchronicity on the A-flat/G sharp dilemma

2005-02-23 Thread ralf bachmann
BTW, has anyone noticed that while 50% of the repertoire in the 16th century is religious - Ave marias, motets, psalms, etc. - the later repertoire is entirely profane? Yeap, that´s true ... monks seemed to like that new entirely profane music. A very substantial part of the 17th 18th

Re: urinals and synchronicity on the A-flat/G sharp dilemma

2005-02-23 Thread Alain Veylit
Ralf, This is very interesting: how many of those pieces preserved in monasteries (roughly speaking) are sacred works, as opposed to dances or preludes? any single volume dedicated to the liturgy? Alain ralf bachmann wrote: BTW, has anyone noticed that while 50% of the repertoire in the 16th

Re: urinals and synchronicity on the A-flat/G sharp dilemma

2005-02-23 Thread Thomas Schall
There is not much sacred music in those manuscripts. But there are other manuscripts and even prints (Falckenhagen!) only containing sacred music as there still was a living tradition of domestic devotion. Thomas Am Mittwoch, 23. Februar 2005 18:04 schrieb Alain Veylit: Ralf, This is very

Re: urinals and synchronicity on the A-flat/G sharp dilemma

2005-02-23 Thread Alain Veylit
Thomas, Thanks for the info. I was unaware that Falckenhagen had published sacred music. Also, obviously, the practice of continuo blurs the situation, particularly with simple tunes used for psalms. Alain Thomas Schall wrote: There is not much sacred music in those manuscripts. But there are

Re: urinals and synchronicity on the A-flat/G sharp dilemma

2005-02-23 Thread demery
Alain Veylit [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Roman, I have many friends in the sciences and I have always loved the titles of scientific articles for their sheer poetic impact. One title on my shelf, The making of the Broads (a large tidal marsh in England). Also, one of the most important set

Re: urinals and synchronicity on the A-flat/G sharp dilemma

2005-02-22 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
At 04:40 PM 2/22/2005, Alain Veylit wrote: I have many friends in the sciences and I have always loved the titles of scientific articles for their sheer poetic impact. As a matter of fact, I have just been invited to a conference entitled: The Evolution of Exclusive Paternal care in Arthropods.