Re: Non-lute composers poll.

2004-04-01 Thread Howard Posner
David Rastall at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Are you sure it's not Jan Ackerman your'e thinking of ? No, Ian Anderson. My four-year-old has latched onto Songs From the Wood in that never-get-tired-of-it way that little kids have, so I know whereof I speak.

Re: Non-lute composers poll.

2004-04-01 Thread David Rastall
On Friday, April 2, 2004, at 12:37 AM, Howard Posner wrote: > I haven't followed this thread much, but isn't Anderson disqualified > because > he wrote for lute? > Are you sure it's not Jan Ackerman your'e thinking of ? David Rastall

Re: Non-lute composers poll.

2004-04-01 Thread Howard Posner
James A Stimson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 6. Ian Anderson I haven't followed this thread much, but isn't Anderson disqualified because he wrote for lute?

Re: Non-lute composers poll.

2004-04-01 Thread James A Stimson
Dear All: Just for fun, here are my "moderns": 1. Frank Zappa 2. Miles Davis 3. John Coltrane 4. John McLaughlin 5. Louis Armstrong 6. Ian Anderson Yours, Jim

liederkreis

2004-04-01 Thread Roman Turovsky
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indoor humidifiers

2004-04-01 Thread fbwallace
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Re: Non-lute composers poll.

2004-04-01 Thread MWWilson
Difficult task. Eclectic, perhaps, but these are among my favorites ... this month. Verdi Brahms Tchaikovsky Berg Bartok Stravinski Runners-up: Rachmaninoff Messiaen Nino Rota Roger Sessions Milton Babbitt Aaron Copeland Thelonius Monk Frank Zappa Mike - Original Message - From:

RE: Composers poll

2004-04-01 Thread Stuart LeBlanc
This is something I actually concocted a few years ago... Better than numerical scorekeeping, a single elimination tournament of composers. Best viewed with a fixed-width font and no word wrap. Gregory I

OT: composers' letters from summer camp

2004-04-01 Thread Roman Turovsky
Witold Lutoslawski: >[hello, how, I'm]~~~ >[dear, are, fine]~~~ >[mom, you, love] >Witold Helmut Lachenmann: >hschhfst..st..st..st..kh >hhHelmut:) Arvo Pärt: >"Deaaar mma and paaa

Re: Composers

2004-04-01 Thread Roman Turovsky
>> Hildegard was a butcher? > She has blood up to her elbows in Speer, Worms, Mainz and a few other > places. > So, to paraphrase Luther, whoever listens to Hildegard- hears Satan. what happend? I don't know this story ... >>> 1096 was the year. Hildegard is a precursor to a ce

Re: Composers

2004-04-01 Thread Roman Turovsky
>> I meant someone called Schicklgruber. >> Hildegard is a precursor to a certain Austrian gentleman >> with peculiar facial hair... > > Why really RT is such a spoilsport? There was a funny, entertaining > and polite question and "poll" of the favorite composers, I have nothing against the p

Re: Composers

2004-04-01 Thread Arto Wikla
Dear Roman, on Thu, 1 Apr 2004, Roman Turovsky answered: > > Roman, could also you give your list of composers? Just for fun, > > just for fun. Forget for a while to pretend an "urban intellectuel! ;) > Arto, music is very serious matter to me, and it leaves no room for polite > pretending of/to

Re: Composers

2004-04-01 Thread Roman Turovsky
> --- Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hildegard was a butcher? She has blood up to her elbows in Speer, Worms, Mainz and a few other places. So, to paraphrase Luther, whoever listens to Hildegard- hears Satan. >>> what happend? I don't know this story ... >> 1096 was

Re: Composers

2004-04-01 Thread Eugene Ivanov
--- Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Hildegard was a butcher? > >> She has blood up to her elbows in Speer, Worms, Mainz and a few other > >> places. > >> So, to paraphrase Luther, whoever listens to Hildegard- hears Satan. > > what happend? I don't know this story ... > 1096 was th

Re: Composers

2004-04-01 Thread Arto Wikla
On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, Roman Turovsky wrote: > I meant someone called Schicklgruber. > Hildegard is a precursor to a certain Austrian gentleman > with peculiar facial hair... Why really RT is such a spoilsport? There was a funny, entertaining and polite question and "poll" of the favorite com

Re: Indoor humidifier.

2004-04-01 Thread Greg M. Silverman
Tim Mills wrote: >Herb, > >There is a little Kenmore (Sears), that I've liked a lot. Its called >Whisper Flow/Ultrasonic model 14125. It wasn't the cheapest one, but it is >very compact and has a built in humidity gauge and the ability to select the >desired level. The one thing is that it puts

Re: Non-lute composers poll.

2004-04-01 Thread Roman Turovsky
> Ah..I see the misunderstanding. > > So when Bach specified lute in the St. John Passion, he meant... A number of possibilities. > > ...and I guess we should say solo lute when that's what we mean. > > ..and bach's 'cell suites weren't written for guitar? Turns out that at > least one of them

Re: Non-lute composers poll.

2004-04-01 Thread Joe Mayes
Ah..I see the misunderstanding. So when Bach specified lute in the St. John Passion, he meant... ...and I guess we should say solo lute when that's what we mean. ..and bach's 'cell suites weren't written for guitar? Turns out that at least one of them wasn't written for 'cello either. J

Re: Composers

2004-04-01 Thread Roman Turovsky
> Really Roman! There was no need to drag Johann Strauss into this discussion >> :) I meant someone called Schicklgruber. RT > But seriously, can you elaborate? Or provide a link? Pretty please? > Garry > Hildegard was a butcher? She has blood up to her elbows in Speer, Worms, Mainz a

Re: Indoor humidifier.

2004-04-01 Thread Tim Mills
Herb, There is a little Kenmore (Sears), that I've liked a lot. Its called Whisper Flow/Ultrasonic model 14125. It wasn't the cheapest one, but it is very compact and has a built in humidity gauge and the ability to select the desired level. The one thing is that it puts out a pretty strong vol

RE: Composers

2004-04-01 Thread Garry Bryan
Really Roman! There was no need to drag Johann Strauss into this discussion >:) But seriously, can you elaborate? Or provide a link? Pretty please? Garry > -Original Message- > From: Roman Turovsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 4:42 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Composers

2004-04-01 Thread Roman Turovsky
>>> Hildegard was a butcher? >> She has blood up to her elbows in Speer, Worms, Mainz and a few other >> places. >> So, to paraphrase Luther, whoever listens to Hildegard- hears Satan. > what happend? I don't know this story ... 1096 was the year. Hildegard is a precursor to a certain Austrian gent

Re: Composers

2004-04-01 Thread Thomas Schall
Am Don, 2004-04-01 um 23.17 schrieb Roman Turovsky: > > Hildegard was a butcher? > She has blood up to her elbows in Speer, Worms, Mainz and a few other > places. > So, to paraphrase Luther, whoever listens to Hildegard- hears Satan. > what happend? I don't know this story ... > > I rather enj

Re: Composers

2004-04-01 Thread Roman Turovsky
> Hildegard was a butcher? She has blood up to her elbows in Speer, Worms, Mainz and a few other places. So, to paraphrase Luther, whoever listens to Hildegard- hears Satan. > I rather enjoy her being listed as "post-renaissance" composer. A > certain way of truth shines through ... > Thomas There

Re: Non-lute composers poll.

2004-04-01 Thread chriswilke
Bach's lute works are debatable - we don't really know if he actually intended them to be lute or keyboard pieces. (It might be a little known fact to most guitarists, but the cello suites were NOT originally written for the modern classical guitar :-)) This being said, I'm not against lutenists

Re: Non-lute composers poll.

2004-04-01 Thread Eugene Braig
I'm kinda partial to: 1. Beethoven 2. Sibelius 3. Regondi 4. Monteverdi 5. Calace (sometimes; some of his stuff is unbearably cheesy) 6. Mertz I have no heady justification for this. These folks have just produced things I like to hear. Eugene

Re: Non-lute composers poll.

2004-04-01 Thread Joe Mayes
I am having a bit of trouble with the "non-lute" part of the poll. Does this mean, "didn't compose for the lute?" If so, then why are Bach, Purcell, and Montiverdi on the list? One may as well include Dowland. Cheers, Joseph mayes > From: James A Stimson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu,

Re: Non-lute composers poll.

2004-04-01 Thread chriswilke
--- Herbert Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Don't quite understand the Ravel thing, > > Though not as lucidly weighty as Monsieurs Bach and > Beethoven, or as > uncompromisingly elegant as Mozart, Ravel combined > an innovative modern > sound with rich musicality, a feat unmatched, indeed

Re: Non-lute composers poll.

2004-04-01 Thread chriswilke
--- Herbert Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Don't quite understand the Ravel thing, > > Though not as lucidly weighty as Monsieurs Bach and > Beethoven, or as > uncompromisingly elegant as Mozart, Ravel combined > an innovative modern > sound with rich musicality, a feat unmatched, indeed

Re: Indoor humidifier.

2004-04-01 Thread bill
an extremely low-tech air conditioner and humidifier consists of a damp cotton sheet draped over a door or window to catch the breeze. or... a battery powered plant spray with timer for $22.something at: http://www.comforthouse.com/plantsitter10.html - bill On Giovedì, apr 1, 2004, at 18:40

Re: Non-lute composers poll.

2004-04-01 Thread Greg M. Silverman
Herbert Ward wrote: >>Don't quite understand the Ravel thing, >> >> > >Though not as lucidly weighty as Monsieurs Bach and Beethoven, or as >uncompromisingly elegant as Mozart, Ravel combined an innovative modern >sound with rich musicality, a feat unmatched, indeed unapproached, in my >listen

Re: Indoor humidifier.

2004-04-01 Thread Peter Nightingale
A wet rag will not only not heat the room, it will cool the room by sucking up the heat of evaporation, the latent heat of the liquid vapor transition. This what keeps water in, e,g., leather bags cold in a dry environment. PS I'm a theorist and will leave the engineering details to you. On Thu,

Re: Non-lute composers poll.

2004-04-01 Thread Herbert Ward
> Don't quite understand the Ravel thing, Though not as lucidly weighty as Monsieurs Bach and Beethoven, or as uncompromisingly elegant as Mozart, Ravel combined an innovative modern sound with rich musicality, a feat unmatched, indeed unapproached, in my listening experience.

Indoor humidifier.

2004-04-01 Thread Herbert Ward
Humidification in winter is easy, just boil water. But in summer boiling water is not good. Can anyone recommnd a non-heating room humidifier? I need quiet reliable small

ABE want matches (fwd)

2004-04-01 Thread Peter Nightingale
Yo List! I think I've seen better prices; scroll past the msg of the day. Regards, Peter. -- the next auto-quote is: We have one party -- we have the party of essentially corporate America. It has two right wings, one called Democratic, one called Republican. (Gore Vidal) /\/\ Peter Nightingale

Re: Non-lute composers poll.

2004-04-01 Thread James A Stimson
Dear Herb: Don't quite understand the Ravel thing, but why not? I'll keep mine to five: 1. Bach 2. Beethoven 3. Mozart 4. Monteverdi 5. D. Scarlatti Yours, Jim

Re: Composers poll

2004-04-01 Thread Herbert Ward
Using a computer program, I assign 1 pointfirst place 5/6 pointsecond place 4/6 pointthird place etc and add everything up. So far, Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart are leading, in testimony to the power, grace, and vision of these men's musicality

RE: Non-lute composers poll.

2004-04-01 Thread m farley
My six are: The three Bs 1. Bach 2. Beethoven 3. Britten and 4. Messiaen 5. Takemitsu 6. Shostakovich If the list were a little longer I would add Varese, Cowell, and Alan Hovhaness. Mark Farley -Original Message- From: Herbert Ward Which non-lute post-Renaissance com

Re: Folger Library access

2004-04-01 Thread Kevin Kishimoto
Access to the Folger Library is limited to those with a Ph.D. or equivalent degree, or graduate students writing a Ph.D. thesis. These persons may apply for a reader's card by writing a letter of application and sending two letters of reference to Richard Kuhta, Librarian, The Folger Shakespeare Li

Re: Non-lute composers poll.

2004-04-01 Thread Walter Durka
my list goes: 1 Brahms 2 Bach 3 Correli 4 Barrios 5 Schubert 6 Beethoven Walter -- *** please note my new email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** Dr. Walter Durka UFZ - Umweltforschungszentrum Leipzig-Halle GmbH Department Biozoenoseforschung Theodor-Lieser-Straße 4 06120 Halle (Saale) Tel: (03

Folger Library access

2004-04-01 Thread Stewart McCoy
Dear Daniel, It is always wise, some might say courteous, to contact the library in advance. Different libraries operate different systems, and some are easier to get into than others. The British Library do their best to put you off (they actually say so), and a lot of time is lost once you arriv

[OT] Re: Madrid

2004-04-01 Thread Bernd Haegemann
Greetings! >> ¡I'm in Madrid! >> ¿Do you have some recommendations, >> lutistical or not? > PRADO, PRADO, PRADO. Toledo is an hour away. Try to get also to > Cuenca (3 hrs) > Anything a la plancha, queso de Burgos con miel. > RT Cuenca is only away 12 minutes by plane, but we didn't land. Queso d

Composers

2004-04-01 Thread Jon Murphy
What a request, although the original request was for the one "we lutenists respect most" of the non-lute, non-Renaissance . In the spirit of the answers I'll agree with Bach, but toss in Vivaldi. But as the thread has seemed to come to some of the more modern I'll stick my oar in - with the caveat

Re: Composers

2004-04-01 Thread Thomas Schall
Hildegard was a butcher? I rather enjoy her being listed as "post-renaissance" composer. A certain way of truth shines through ... Thomas Am Don, 2004-04-01 um 06.51 schrieb Roman Turovsky: > > > > with Hildegard v. Bingen, > Did this butcher ever compose??? > RT -- Thomas Schall Nied

Re: Non-lute composers poll.

2004-04-01 Thread Thomas Schall
Hi Arto, there is lute music by Corelli (and also Händel)! Arrangements most likely as the lute music by Telemann, Haydn and Josquin are, too. Best wishes Thomas Am Don, 2004-04-01 um 08.33 schrieb Arto Wikla: > Hi all > > On Wednesday 31 March 2004 20:48, Herbert Ward wrote: > > Which non-lut