[78-L] ^more weird stuff using records

Ron Roscoe rroscoe at MIT.EDU
Mon Feb 17 12:38:55 PST 2014


Thanks. Very interesting! Does that mean that the French don't have a word for sunken?
RonR

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> On Feb 17, 2014, at 3:30 PM, "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 
> No, the English title is "The Sunken Cathedral".
> 
> "This piece is based on an ancient Breton myth in which a cathedral, submerged 
> underwater off the coast of the Island of Ys, rises up from the sea on clear 
> mornings when the water is transparent. Sounds can be heard of priests 
> chanting, bells chiming, and the organ playing, from across the sea. [2] 
> Accordingly, Debussy uses certain harmonies to allude to the plot of the 
> legend, in the style of musical symbolism." (Wiki)
> 
> dl
> 
>> On 2/17/2014 3:25 PM, Ron Roscoe wrote:
>> Doesn't the Engulfed Cathedral by Debussy referred to fire, not water?
>> RonR
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Feb 17, 2014, at 2:27 PM, "David Lennick"<dlennick at sympatico.ca>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Held out as long as I could, but here goes..
>>> 
>>> HANDEL: WATER MUSIC
>>> DEBUSSY: LA CATHEDRALE ENGLOUTIE, REFLETS DANS L'EAU; POISSONS D'OR; LA MER
>>> RAVEL: ONDINE
>>> WILDER: NEUROTIC GOLDFISH
>>> COATES: BY THE SLEEPY LAGOON
>>> WILLIAMS: THEME FROM "JAWS"
>>> SPIKE JONES: DRIP DRIP DRIP (WATER LOU aka SLOPPY LAGOON)
>>> 
>>> u.s.w.
>>> 
>>> dl
>>> 
>>>>> On 2/17/2014 2:12 PM, Julian Vein wrote:
>>>>> On 17/02/14 17:28, Rodger Holtin wrote:
>>>>> My son sent this to me via facebook.
>>>>> http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/02/submerged-turntable-by-evan-holm/
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Is there no end to the silliness?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Rodger
>>>> ================
>>>> Not so silly, there are parts of the UK under water at the moment, and
>>>> without electricity. I'm sure they could use one to cheer themselves up.
>>>> 
>>>>       Julian Vein
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