Alphabet associations - I

[vinteuil]

Funny, that. So was Johann Jakob Froberger!

... o yes!

And the pieces might be??

[Flay]

...And the pieces might be??

Give me a moment. I'm enjoying the tales of his exploits. Wonderful!

[Flay]

He had a disastrous voyage to London during which he was robbed, an event he described musically in Plainte faite à Londres pour passer la mélancholie.

Allemande: faite en passant le Rhin dans une barque en grand péril describes a near disaster on the Rhine

The Lament on “that which is taken from me” (Lamentation sur ce que j’ay esté vole) was composed after Froberger was ensnared in the Fronde conflict, a grim coda to the Thirty Years’ War in France and along its borders. As he makes his way from Brussels to Leuven, the roaming Froberger is whipped by soldiers and his passport stolen; this elicits from him yet another of his plaints, composed far from home and in low spirits. The Lamentation does not refer to stolen possessions but to the degradation of the spirit. It is not simply the physical abuse that causes Froberger’s despondence, but the enduring humiliation. The performance direction describes the piece as an attempt to use art to overcome brutality: “To be played freely, and better than the soldiers treated me.”

[vinteuil]

... nicely set out - and I like the title :

Lamentation sur ce que j'ay été volé et se joüe à la discretion et encore mieux que les soldats m'ont traité

[vinteuil]

... Felicitations to Flay - wd you like to Gird your loins for a glorious G ?

[Nick Armstrong]

... nicely set out - and I like the title :

Lamentation sur ce que j'ay été volé et se joüe à la discretion et encore mieux que les soldats m'ont traité

And nice question. I regret having been distracted and unable to tackle it...

[Flay]

..nice question...

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Indeed. Now it's my turn. Gosh....

After some comical Foote Work, the wolf cracked.

[cloughie]

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Indeed. Now it's my turn. Gosh....

After some comical Foote Work, the wolf cracked.

Are we talking Arthur, Georgia May or some other leg of the Foote family?

[Flay]

Are we talking Arthur, Georgia May or some other leg of the Foote family?

Skip to another Foote

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Skip to another Foote

A leg end in his own lifetime.

[Flay]

A leg end in his own lifetime.

This man knows his bunions!

[Flay]

Mind you he might have had feet of Clay...

[Nick Armstrong]

This man knows his bunions!

So corny....

[vinteuil]

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Indeed. Now it's my turn. Gosh....

After some comical Foote Work, the wolf cracked.

... is the upper-case W in Work significant?

[Flay]

... is the upper-case W in Work significant?

Indeed it is, as was the C in Clay....