Re: [Finale] Authentication schemes

2005-03-11 Thread dhbailey
Dennis W. Manasco wrote: [snip] So what happens if a principal makes a decision that causes loss of income for a litigating class? i.e.: What if the principal was one of those who made the decision to institute a tethered copy-protection scheme that, during the implosion of the business,

Re: [Finale] OT: Best Works of the 1920s

2005-03-11 Thread Christopher Smith
On Mar 11, 2005, at 3:46 AM, Michael Cook wrote: At 12:20 -0800 10/03/2005, Mark D Lew wrote: It has been my observation that Wozzeck is most highly praised by people who are very into orchestral music but have little interest in opera. That is, the sort of people who like Wozzeck usually don't

Re: [Finale] OT: Best Works of the 1920s

2005-03-11 Thread Raymond Horton
Very interesting. I forwarded it to Trombone-L Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Christopher Smith wrote: ... A complete aside: The chamber orchestration by John Rea of Wozzeck, which I mentioned previously as having a killer trombone part, was played in British Colombia a

Re: [Finale] Authentication schemes

2005-03-11 Thread Robert Patterson
I don't think I'm being dishonest. I never qualified eventually. The whole point about forever is that it is, well, forever. If your software doesn't quit working in 15 years, then it will quit during the next 15 years, and if not then, then in the next, or the next, or the next, or the next.

Re: [Finale] Authentication schemes

2005-03-11 Thread David W. Fenton
On 11 Mar 2005 at 10:20, Robert Patterson wrote: I don't think I'm being dishonest. I never qualified eventually. The whole point about forever is that it is, well, forever. If your software doesn't quit working in 15 years, then it will quit during the next 15 years, and if not then, then in

Re: [Finale] Authentication schemes

2005-03-11 Thread David W. Fenton
On 11 Mar 2005 at 11:31, Andrew Stiller wrote: On Mar 10, 2005, at 3:20 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: Couperin and Charpentier Lessons of Tenebre That would be: Lessons for Tenebrae. You know, I've always had a block on that -- I spelled it right at first, but then rememebered the

Re: [Finale] Authentication schemes

2005-03-11 Thread David W. Fenton
On 11 Mar 2005 at 20:37, d. collins wrote: David W. Fenton écrit: You know, I've always had a block on that -- I spelled it right at first, but then remembered the French on the Charpentier MS (Leçons des tenebres) and lost my nerve. Of course, now that I look at the MS again, I see that my

Re: [Finale] OT: Best Works of the 1920s

2005-03-11 Thread Daniel Wolf
I have often heard comments akin to I like opera, except for the voices, and not only from Jazz lovers. But I also have the impression that many Jazz instrumentalists have an ambiguous relationship to /Jazz/ vocal music: not so much actively disliking it, but rather giving the obligatory nod

Re: [Finale] Authentication schemes

2005-03-11 Thread Robert Patterson
David W. Fenton wrote: Yes, you may have to recompile your runtime under the most recent .NET version, Recompiling is not an option in this context. What I am saying is that my old DOS utilities continue to run *without* recompile since the last time I build them in the mid-1980s. Meantime, I

Re: [Finale] OT: Best Works of the 1920s

2005-03-11 Thread Mark D Lew
On Mar 11, 2005, at 11:40 AM, Daniel Wolf wrote: In the US, pop music is essentially a vocal genre. Instrumental pop successes are novelty or niche items (what instrumentals have made the top ten in the past fifty years? Herb Alpert, disco-fied Beethoven, and---?) . But American popular song

Re: [Finale] American Styles (was Best Works of the 1920s)

2005-03-11 Thread John Howell
At 8:40 PM +0100 3/11/05, Daniel Wolf wrote: In the US, pop music is essentially a vocal genre. Instrumental pop successes are novelty or niche items (what instrumentals have made the top ten in the past fifty years? Herb Alpert, disco-fied Beethoven, and---?) . The French guy--Love is Bleu;

Re: [Finale] American Styles (was Best Works of the 1920s)

2005-03-11 Thread Daniel Wolf
John Howell wrote: Hmmm. I was a bit too young to belong to the union during WW II, although I was forced to join at the age of 15 in the early '50s, but I don't remember a strike against the recording industry. In fact, new recordings by popular singers and big bands were considered

Re: [Finale] American Styles (was Best Works of the 1920s)

2005-03-11 Thread Mark D Lew
On Mar 11, 2005, at 12:53 PM, John Howell wrote: European operetta did not come to North America until the 1890s or later [...] Not even in New Orleans? I know there was an awful lot of French opera comique there throughout the 19th century. I'm surprised if that didn't include operetta as

[Finale] Way OT, just thought it might resonate... my Dad crossed the bar a couple of weeks ago

2005-03-11 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
The Visit The hopeless stench of geriatric warehousing The uncomprehending stares shrouding a lifetime of inaccessible memories and nostalgia The sudden, shocking ululation, judged as insane, or worse, conventional ... ergo, unheeded The loose, gray, contused, flesh, still warm to the touch

Re: [Finale] American Styles (was Best Works of the 1920s)

2005-03-11 Thread Raymond Horton
Thanks for the info. I had heard of that strike but not as completely as you write. Wasn't there also heavy taxing of larger bands in clubs after the war that also helped the rise of small combos? Perhaps that was just in NYC? RBH Daniel Wolf wrote: The James Petrillo-led AFM strike

Re: [Finale] Authentication schemes

2005-03-11 Thread David W. Fenton
On 11 Mar 2005 at 14:04, Robert Patterson wrote: David W. Fenton wrote: Yes, you may have to recompile your runtime under the most recent .NET version, Recompiling is not an option in this context. What I am saying is that my old DOS utilities continue to run *without* recompile since

Re: [Finale] Authentication schemes

2005-03-11 Thread David W. Fenton
On 11 Mar 2005 at 21:04, d. collins wrote: David W. Fenton écrit: The Charpentier MS doesn't have the cedilla on the c or any accents on the e's, either. The Couperin original print has only one accent, and it's wrong (by modern standards): tenébres. I accompanied all three today, by

Re: [Finale] Authentication schemes

2005-03-11 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
In a response to Robert Patterson, where David W. Fenton wrote, in part: We're talking about the interval of a few years after the failure of MakeMusic, when Finale users would need some capability to use their files. During that interval, with a key escrow setup, they'd have a choice to take

Re: [Finale] OT: Best Works of the 1920s

2005-03-11 Thread Carl Dershem
Daniel Wolf wrote: I have often heard comments akin to I like opera, except for the voices, and not only from Jazz lovers. But I also have the impression that many Jazz instrumentalists have an ambiguous relationship to /Jazz/ vocal music: not so much actively disliking it, but rather giving