Just when you thought it was all over, it seems it depends upon your point of
view, and this may depend on your position in the history.
Below an extract from Mr. Thomas Doubleday's letter to the Duke of
Northumberland. date a bit difficult due to Google's OCR not coping with Roman
dates, but
Hello Tim
Wonderful stuff!
Discuss?
I'll have to print off, re-read (probably several times) and inwardly
digest it first.
It has, however, already given me a warm glow which more than
compensates for the sub -zero temperature outside.
Cheers
Anthony
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To get on
Mr. Doubleday takes great pains to prove his sophistication. Even
allowing for how the sense of some of the words used have changed
since he wrote them, it appears that Doubleday was not enthusiastic
about the NSP or NSPipers in general. So, are we to trust his
judgement overall? On the one
On 17 Dec 2010, John Dally wrote:
Mr. Doubleday
I would like to know more about the cultural context of the document.
What prompted Doubleday to write this?
Here's a bit about him as a starter:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Doubleday
Julia
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On 17 Dec 2010, at 16:44, Tim Rolls wrote:
Discuss!
One of the most remarkable qualities of this paper is Doubleday's extraordinary
talent for using a colossal number of words to say absolutely nothing of any
importance.
A very narrow bore, in my view.
Perhaps I'm being too unkind to him.
Hi John,
Interesting that the extract gives you that impression. Having read the whole
document I didn't infer that. I tried to isolate the particular part that led
me to feel that way, but failed. I think you may need to set aside quarter of
an hour and read the whole thing which is in essence
This seems to be a feature of a great many Victorian literary works in my
experience. Unfortunately it's a feature which seems to be infectious.
Tim
On 17 Dec 2010, at 20:33, Francis Wood wrote:
On 17 Dec 2010, at 16:44, Tim Rolls wrote:
Discuss!
One of the most remarkable qualities of
The only fitting response to this seems to me to picture the Charlie
Brown cartoons - the image of Charlie with a sort of horizontal but
wiggly line for his mouth - know the one I mean?
Richard.
On 15/12/2010 12:09, Francis Wood wrote:
On 15 Dec 2010, at 12:05, Gibbons, John wrote:
But
On 15 Dec 2010, John Dally wrote:
But try playing 'Bigg Market Lasses' without a Bb key.
The composer does! (Or did)
A careful slide/roll with the A finger...
But if seventeen keys
are a guilty pleasure, what is the right number?
My personal answer is 14 (no Bbs, no low D#), for one
Morning - for those who hanker after multi-key extended chanters (or
are wondering at the minutiae of what is being discussed) here's a
little exercise that will demonstrate one of the key differences.
First; take a pencil and hold it as you would a chanter - almost no
effort is required
-Original Message-
From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of
rob@milecastle27.co.uk
Sent: 15 December 2010 10:05
To: NSP group
Subject: [NSP] Re: key question
Morning - for those who hanker after multi-key extended chanters (or
are wondering
On 15 Dec 2010, at 12:05, Gibbons, John wrote:
But Rob illustrates a simple feather duster - the 17 keyed ones are musically
far more versatile...
Is that a Peacock feather duster?
Francis
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