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  • Nick Armstrong
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    • Nov 2010
    • 26506

    Originally posted by antongould View Post
    A Turkish third
    I was all proud thinking it was Mozart's 'Turkish' violin concerto (not that it got me to a U) but then I found out that was No 5...
    "...the isle is full of noises,
    Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
    Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
    Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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    • antongould
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      • Nov 2010
      • 8773

      Originally posted by Caliban View Post
      I was all proud thinking it was Mozart's 'Turkish' violin concerto (not that it got me to a U) but then I found out that was No 5...

      It's more from that about M'Lud

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      • ferneyhoughgeliebte
        Gone fishin'
        • Sep 2011
        • 30163

        Originally posted by Caliban View Post
        I was all proud thinking it was Mozart's 'Turkish' violin concerto (not that it got me to a U) but then I found out that was No 5...
        Same cul-de-sac here at Ferney Towers; Saint-Saens useless, too.

        39 years ago was 1974.








        Just thought I'd mention it.

        (Incidentally, a rude child once intimated that "cul-de-sac" was actually snigger-worthy in French. Was he correct? If so, what polite term do the French use for their dead-end streets? And don't say "Marseilles"!)
        [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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        • antongould
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          • Nov 2010
          • 8773

          Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
          Same cul-de-sac here at Ferney Towers; Saint-Saens useless, too.

          39 years ago was 1974.








          Just thought I'd mention it.

          (Incidentally, a rude child once intimated that "cul-de-sac" was actually snigger-worthy in French. Was he correct? If so, what polite term do the French use for their dead-end streets? And don't say "Marseilles"!)

          Again maybe slightly misleading - 39 years or so between the start and the event that,as with most Unfinished, left it unfinished.......

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          • Nick Armstrong
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            • Nov 2010
            • 26506

            Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post

            (Incidentally, a rude child once intimated that "cul-de-sac" was actually snigger-worthy in French. Was he correct? If so, what polite term do the French use for their dead-end streets? And don't say "Marseilles"!)
            A rude but learnèd child: yes, it just means 'bag arse' in French - no relevance to streets whatever. A dead-end in French is une impasse or une voie sans issue...
            "...the isle is full of noises,
            Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
            Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
            Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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            • mercia
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              • Nov 2010
              • 8920

              Originally posted by antongould View Post
              It's more from that about M'Lud

              not quite sure what that sentence means but if it means Mozart is involved there is that Turkish third movement of that piano sonata - alla turca

              only Hoddinott-related Us I can find are University College, Cardiff and a piece called Lady and Unicorn

              so, 39 years between a work remaining unfinished and the death of the composer ??

              EDIT - just been reading about Schubert's unfinished. apparently 37 years elapsed between his death and Mr Huttenbrenner revealing the symphony's existence.

              lots of other unfinished works of course
              Last edited by mercia; 27-01-13, 07:58.

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              • mercia
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                • Nov 2010
                • 8920

                Turkish composer Fazil Say's third symphony is called Universe apparently

                Hoddinott - The Sun the Great Luminary of the Universe - missed that first time round

                there's an unfinished Universe Symphony by Ives, but at the moment I can't figure out the 39 years

                EDIT - Ives died in '54 minus 39 = 15. 1915 the year of the symphony's conception.


                thank you wackypodia
                Last edited by mercia; 27-01-13, 03:03.

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                • Nick Armstrong
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                  • Nov 2010
                  • 26506

                  Originally posted by mercia View Post
                  not quite sure what that sentence means
                  Yes that puzzled me slightly too.

                  However, terrific work mercs by the look of it

                  The Lord A's verdict awaited with interest
                  "...the isle is full of noises,
                  Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                  Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                  Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                  • antongould
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                    • Nov 2010
                    • 8773

                    Originally posted by mercia View Post
                    Turkish composer Fazil Say's third symphony is called Universe apparently

                    Hoddinott - The Sun the Great Luminary of the Universe - missed that first time round

                    there's an unfinished Universe Symphony by Ives, but at the moment I can't figure out the 39 years

                    EDIT - Ives died in '54 minus 39 = 15. 1915 the year of the symphony's conception.


                    thank you wackypodia
                    All present and correct mercs but I have to point out you were 3 minutes late I did say 02.47

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                    • antongould
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                      • Nov 2010
                      • 8773

                      Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                      Yes that puzzled me slightly too.

                      However, terrific work mercs by the look of it

                      The Lord A's verdict awaited with interest

                      Back to the Conference for the delegate from Lincoln's Inn?

                      Mercs got it spot on Ives started the Universe 39 years before his death in 1954.......


                      Very good by mercs - have a nice day as C Ives might say!

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                      • mercia
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 8920

                        Originally posted by antongould View Post
                        you were 3 minutes late I did say 02.47
                        yeah, well I had to clear the snow off the computer first didn't I



                        V connecting

                        George's sailor, Woodall's motet, Trevor's velocipede and an organ reed



                        [start with Woodall if I were you]


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                        • Resurrection Man

                          I keep coming back to Viola but not sure why. Viola a character in the Tempest? Lots of organ stops called viola xxxx. Trevor's velocipede...Trevor Pinnock....a cycle of some music or other ?

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                          • Resurrection Man

                            Edward (Woodall) Naylor wrote a Vox Dicentis....

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                            • mercia
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                              • Nov 2010
                              • 8920

                              Originally posted by Resurrection Man View Post
                              Edward (Woodall) Naylor wrote a Vox Dicentis....
                              indeed he did

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                              • mercia
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                                • Nov 2010
                                • 8920

                                Originally posted by Resurrection Man View Post
                                a cycle of some music or other ?

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