Hello all,
I have the corrected (once again - added barlines and fixed the #) Fronimo
file for Passomeso and the accompanying Galliarda if anyone is interested.
Jason
John wrote:
May I point out that the word knick-knack might be just a word? We speak of
knick-knack shelf as a place to put little things and memorabilia.
Jon, the piece is entitled Fine Knacks for Ladies not Fine Knick-Knacks for Ladies.
Craig
hi all,
i just got the following answer to my question:
The text (in 4 partes) by Luigi Tomasillo should be in _Giaches de Wert:
Opera omnia,_ ed. Carol
MacClintock and Melvin Bernstein, Corpus mensurabilis musicae, ser. 24, vol.
4 (Madrigals of 1567),
65.
However, the music arranged in
The full OED entry includes reference to related usage that suggests some=20
poetic spiciness was intended:
3. concr. An ingenious contrivance; a toy, trinket, trifle, knick-knack. ?=
Obs.
1540 Heywood Four P.P. in Hazl. Dodsley I. 349 Needles, thread,=20
thimble, shears, and all such
But sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. The poet seems to be comparing
the love of material things personified by the peddlar's trade, with
true emotional love which even a profane peddlar may feel. If there was
salacious intent, I don't think it would be veiled. I don't think the
Stewart McCoy Wrote
I confess to being shocked the first time I ever heard Purcell's ode
for Queen Mary, Come, come ye sons of art. I didn't know the words
then, and I certainly didn't hear of art. Would Purcell have dared
to do something like that? Bearing in mind his catches, I believe he
might
...when you thought it was safe to go back in the water:
There is a new item for Baroque Lute (in MAJOR) at
http://polyhymnion.org/torban (page 4, #19)
This song comes from a particular region of western Ukraine where the
augmented seconds (i.e. those rare and peculiar intervals found in
Many of you will have noticed that I sometimes end my messages with,
Loughborough
East Mids.UK
Does anyone know the location of the East Midlands? It does not appear on
maps.
I live only about 10 miles from the East Midlands Aiport and there is a
poll to change the name. I beg your
Ron,
I bought a custom made penny whistle (for a lot more than a penny) from a
lad in the East Midlands several years ago (his lathe is older than he is,
but not older than I am). And for years I have sung of the Derby (Darbie)
Ram. My greatgrandfather was the mayor of Duns (Doonce) in the
There is a category of sounds called Lady Mondegreens, defined by the
American linguist (and also political commentator under his other hat)
William Safire. They have killed the Earl of Murray, and laid him on the
green. Another in that group is Gladly the cross-eyed bear (Gladly the
Cross I'd
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