The word goes back at least to the 17th century. The composer John
Jenkins (died 1678) included some pieces titled 'Rant' in his viol
consort music. The ones I know are strongly rhythmic but certainly not
tomato soup-ers. AFAIK it is not known why they were called that. He
came from
On 13 Apr 2009, at 10:55, Francis Wood wrote:
I have no opinion whatsoever on the truth of the assertions made in
this recent posting.
However, I believe it is indecent for a child to be publically
criticised in this forum.
I agree.
Thomas Green
73 Huntington Rd, York YO31 8RL
01904
Our grandson's mother is a professional trad musician whose main
instrument is the accordion. She played right up to the end of
pregnancy - in fact, her waters broke while she was on tour. The
grandson seems just fine so far (at 2 and a bit years).
I know accordions aren't quite the same
Just a thought - clarinets have at least two duplicated little-finger
keys to help certain passages.
Thomas Green
On 5 May 2011, at 10:10, Philip Gruar wrote:
a.d.s wrote
Clough played in A maj and C maj. The arrangement of the Clough
arrangement of key's was C low at the left side
headed 'rant'. His music mainly survives in
manuscript so it's hard to date precisely.
Thomas Green
73 Huntington Rd, York YO31 8RL
01904-673675
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