Originally posted by mercia
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One door leads to salvation, the end of the quest and the Answer, the other to oblivion, eternal sorrow and gnashing of teeth*. You probably need to adopt your erstwhile detective guise to work out which, Mercs. I can't help you. Nor can God. You are very much alone.
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It could well be, Mercs.Originally posted by mercia View Post
Care to give us chapter and verse in compliance with the Law laid down by Her Whose Name is...etcComment
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wish I couldOriginally posted by rubbernecker View Post
Samuel Barber's opus 30 is Prayers of Kierkegaard for soprano, tenor & alto soloists, chorus & orchestra
is Kierkegaard Danish for boatwright ?
who's the violist?
I know not.Comment
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OK, you've toiled enough. Come, mop your brow on this cool towel, shaped like a doveOriginally posted by mercia View Post
Both Samuel Barber's Prayers of Kierkegaard, for soloists, chorus and orchestra, and (the only marginally less well-known American composer/musicologist) Howard Boatwright's Six Prayers of Kierkegaard, for soprano and piano, both set verses by the Danish philosopher/poet/thelogian/diarist and general God-Botherer, Søren Kierkegaard. Often credited as being the father of existentialism, he has, in turn, led to Jean Paul Sartre and the French existentialists being described as "Kierkegaard without God".
The violist is Ingegerd Kierkegaard (any relation??), who, despite being a musician of some renown in her native Denmark, I appreciate is not a household name on these shores. But then again, until recently, neither was Sarah LuuuUUUnd....
Kierkegaard. All too much for a Thursday afternoon, I know.
Blessed Mercia, save us from perilous L
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Ooh I say. Rubbers told me to go with the more famous Barber (of Seville fame I wrongly assumed) so I abandoned poor old Samuel!! However, that was not the K I landed up with!! Although Howard Boatwright's wife was involved!Originally posted by mercia View PostComment
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ah sorry it hadn't occured to me there would be three Kierkegaards
I'm sure with further toil I would have got there
if vinteuil is around and about would he like to set an L ???Comment
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Sorry, I rather assumed you were talking surnames.Originally posted by Anna View Post
Musically, for me at least, Samuel is more significant.
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Which would have led you straight up the path to salvation and victory.Originally posted by Anna View Post
To be honest, I thought you had already discounted any fictional hairdressers, and Samuel being a more famous bearer of the Barber surname than er... well, I think there was a Jazzman called Chris Barber who had an album called, er... Drat that Frattle Rat, istr
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Oh come off it rubbers, I am not so twp as to think that a question where the answer begins with a K surname would result in an answer ............. Oh, you really do think that ............Originally posted by rubbernecker View PostWhich would have led you straight up the path to salvation and victory.
To be honest, I thought you had already discounted any fictional hairdressers, and Samuel being a more famous bearer of the Barber surname than er... well, I think there was a Jazzman called Chris Barber who had an album called, er... Drat that Frattle Rat, istr
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Originally posted by Anna View PostOh come off it rubbers, I am not so twp as to think that a question where the answer begins with a K surname would result in an answer ............. Oh, you really do think that ............
I don't know what I think, I don't even know what TWP means, but I'm getting the impression you are displeased with me, and, being a sensitive soul, that displeases me
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wish I could think of an L question to put an end to the postmortem of the K question
but I can't
can anyone else ?Comment
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