Your Six Favourite Orchestrations

[verismissimo]

This thread is rapidly turning into Pedant's Corner.

It's possible that 'rapidly' rather understates the position, Sir V.

[Dave2002]

Indeed, and the city we call Gothenburg is actually pronounced something like Yotaburg by the natives.

Close, though I suspect more like "Yottybory." That of course may be how most Swedes would pronounce it - I can't say exactly what the inhabs of Gothenburg would say. We have some great examples - Cholmondely,Wymondham etc., where even some Brits don't know how the inhabs pronounce their town's name..

[ahinton]

Since we are unable to ask either Mussorgsky or Rimsky Korsakov or others who might have had an interest in such works at the time of their composition how they would have translated the Russian or French into English - they might not have known English - it is probably impossible to tell what was intended. The following could all arguably be considered reasonable translations from the Russian or French:

1. Pictures at an exhibition
2. Pictures of an exhibition
3. Exhibition pictures
4. Pictures from an exhibition

I quite like the one usually cited by a composer/pianist of my acquaintance, namely Exhibitionists at the Pictures...

[Dave2002]

I quite like the one usually cited by a composer/pianist of my acquaintance, namely Exhibitionists at the Pictures...

or could have Exhibitionists in the pictures
- possibly not appropriate, but could be humorous!

[Keraulophone]

...a double piano - not two pianos, but a rather large instrument with two keyboards and presumably two sets of strings. There was a duo who performed this and other pieces on the instrument which they moved about with them - I can't instantly recall who they were - but the instrument was ***** heavy!

David Nettle and Richard Markham http://www.nettleandmarkham.com/Double%20Piano.htm

[visualnickmos]

.....Cholmondely,Wymondham etc., where even some Brits don't know how the inhabs pronounce their town's name..

In Kent there is a village whose name is spelt "Trottiscliffe" but is pronounced "Trotsley" if I'm not mistaken....

[Serial_Apologist]

In Kent there is a village whose name is spelt "Trottiscliffe" but is pronounced "Trotsley" if I'm not mistaken....

And Balham, here in S London, is pronounced Bal Ham, if Peter Sellers was to be believed.

(And what about Wurchester? )

[Nick Armstrong]

Close, though I suspect more like "Yottybory." That of course may be how most Swedes would pronounce it - I can't say exactly what the inhabs of Gothenburg would say. We have some great examples - Cholmondely,Wymondham etc., where even some Brits don't know how the inhabs pronounce their town's name..

Andrew McGregor perpetrated a "South-well" the other week, whereas any fule kno that the location of the relevant Minster is pronounced Suth'll. (Like Norwell up the A1 - pron. Norr'll)

[mercia]

In Kent there is a village whose name is spelt "Trottiscliffe" but is pronounced "Trotsley" if I'm not mistaken....

no second T I think, just Trosley. How about Woolfardisworthy?

[Serial_Apologist]

Bristol was once called Bristowe, it is said, until the name-givers gave in to the local populace's well-known habit of putting an L on the ends of words ending -a or -o, eg tango > tangle.

[LeMartinPecheur]

Btw: Stravinsky was arrested for his Star Spangled Banner arrangement, for damaging state property or something like that

Now that's proper serious music criticism

[Nick Armstrong]

Now that's proper serious music criticism

Oh nyet, it isn't !!!!

[mercia]

I think someone here has previously uploaded this photo in relation to that incident

http://coolfaceart.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/igor-stravinskys-mugshot.html#!/2012/07/igor-stravinskys-mugshot.html

but wikipedia says he wasn't arrested [but the orchestral parts were confiscated] and the incident happened on 15/1/1944

make of that what you will

oops crossposted

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performances_and_adaptations_of_The_Star-Spangled_Banner

[Nick Armstrong]

No problems mercs... The photo is sufficiently extraordinary to be worth posting whenever possibly relevant!

[LeMartinPecheur]

Oh nyet, it isn't !!!!

Seems that some board-members would still like to do much the same to Ravel for 'Damaging state Pictures at an Exhibition'!