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Previously unknown Mozart piece discovered in Austria
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| March 4, 2012
Posted on 03/03/2012 6:17:13 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Wow. Good find, thanks for the thread. I love it when these kind of things pop up out of nowhere, in books, behind picture frames, gathering dust in a library. Thanks again.
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03/03/2012 6:23:31 PM PST
by
BlueStateBlues
(Blue State business, Red State heart. . . . 2012 for change, this time for the people)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Any chance of getting an e-copy of it? Or will it be paper only?
/johnny
To: Free ThinkerNY
All too often, when an “unknown” work is discovered, there is a good reason why the author/composer decided not to expose it to the public. Often an artist will create something, decide “I don’t want this associated with my name and the reputation I’m trying to build”, and put it aside.
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posted on
03/03/2012 6:29:14 PM PST
by
PapaBear3625
(In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. - George Orwell)
To: PapaBear3625
All too often, when an unknown work is discovered, there is a good reason why the author/composer decided not to expose it to the public.
Quite a bit of J.S. Bach's music was lost because he was writing old time music in his day and there was a lack of interest in preserving it. Imagine some genius today writing Gilbert and Sullivan-type operettas. Oh, it isn't Lady Gaga or Will.I.am and Fergie, toss it. I read that some manuscripts were being used to wrap meat in the market.
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posted on
03/03/2012 6:40:46 PM PST
by
aruanan
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To: aruanan
I read that some manuscripts were being used to wrap meat in the market. Obviously before modern sanitation laws.
To: aruanan
What you are saying is so true.
I remember hearing Michael Feinstein say that, while he was working for Ira Gershwin, he found a TRUNK FULL of unpublished songs by George and Ira Gershwin. Even with his influence, Feinstein could not get a single music publisher to publish the songs. They said that nobody wanted to hear that old stuff.
To: sitetest
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posted on
03/03/2012 7:33:59 PM PST
by
SunTzuWu
To: Borges; sitetest
To: Free ThinkerNY
They didn’t find it next to Hitler’s diary by any chance, huh?
To: Free ThinkerNY
'A previously unknown musical piece by Mozart was discovered inside an eighteenth century music book in Austria, local media reported on Saturday.'.......and the accompanying eighteenth century music video was discovered in a daguerreotype on the shelf beside it.
"As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their hearts desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
--H.L. Mencken, The Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920
To: Free ThinkerNY
To: left that other site
They said that nobody wanted to hear that old stuff. They were wrong. Quite a few of us out here would. Surely enough to make a pretty good profit. They really should release it. They might be real surprised. I wonder what they did with them?
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03/04/2012 3:11:49 AM PST
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Bellflower
(The LORD is Holy, separated from all sin, perfect, righteous, high and lifted up.)
To: Bellflower
I agree...I LOVE Gershwin’s Songs. Even more than his “Classical” Pieces.
Especially More than “Porgy and Bess”! LOL.
My favorites are:
Embracable You
Someone to watch over Me
Somebody Loves Me
Our Love is Here to Stay.
I Use “Someone to Watch over me” as an example of the perfectly crafted song when I teach Songwriting and Interpretation. The Song uses all the diminished chords in the the first few lines, and the chords fall on the internal rhymes! MASTERFUL!
NOBODY writes like that anymore!
I have come to the conclusion that the Entertainment Industry is no longer interested in either producing art OR making money, but only in furthering their left wing agenda. They are the “Ministry of propaganda” for the forces that wish to destroy America. Just my Humble opinion.
To: Viking2002
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posted on
03/04/2012 4:48:15 AM PST
by
Skooz
(Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
To: left that other site
And Ella Fitzgerald’s version is the best rendition of that song. Beautiful. So very intimate.
To: Free ThinkerNY
I’d be excited if there was an acoustic version of his Requiem
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posted on
03/04/2012 5:05:28 AM PST
by
InvisibleChurch
( go in peace , serve the Lord)
To: brewer1516
To: SunTzuWu; EveningStar; .30Carbine; 1cewolf; 1rudeboy; 2nd Bn, 11th Mar; 31R1O; ADemocratNoMore; ...
Dear SunTzuWu and EveningStar,
Thanks for the pings!
Classical Music Ping List ping!
If you want on or off this list, let me know via FR e-mail.
Thanks,
sitetest
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03/04/2012 5:44:37 AM PST
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sitetest
(If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
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