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"Hats off people, a genius!"

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Excellent, Terez!   That brightens up my afternoon a great deal.

 >"Hats off people, a genius!"

Um, would that be me or Mr. Applaws? : )

Tom - it made my day too. Best writing I've done all week. I'm still chuckling. (Writing should always be this fun.)

It was a great blog, Terez.  I especially liked the names you gave to people and things.

 Thanks, Pauline, and me too, on the name thing. The poor pecked-on violist. Also enjoyed writing the little political dig about salaries and perks... : )

Schumann 1...yes, I don't think this is the first time it's ever happened, but certainly it's the most thorough journalism I've seen on the matter. I'm impressed with the way you got backstage and did all those interviews and found all those details, plus got the full names of everyone involved. Excellent work!

The genius is not the stick...

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Great work, Terez!

 Thanks, Rita and Laurie (and Anne-of-impeccable-tastes). And Laurie, to think they told me I needed a journalism degree to do my thing. Silly them!

Very clever...enjoyed this a lot!  Thank you!

 Thanks right back atcha, Bonny. I'm so glad ppl are getting a kick out of it. I sure am. : )

They were actually discussing having the seconds switch to five stringed violins so they can cover the viola parts. It's another cost-cutting measure being implemented by the RBO's parent organization, the Really Really Big Orchestra. No wonder Pikkonme was so cranky.

 Jim - brilliant!!!  : )

Ah, the real stories behind the stories are so illuminating.

 LOL!  

 It's a Schumann kind of thing, eh, Karen? (Now you've got me thinking about YOUR blog.)

 I don't actually know that much about R. Schumann, I've always been more interested in C. Schumann.  So, I didn't even know that he threw himself in the Rhine, for example.  How horrible!  And how sad . . . I don't know Schumann symphony #1, but I'm playing Schumann 3 in orchestra, which is quite something (and a real stretch, musically and technically, for our group).  Even in the happier movements you can hear something . . . 

 

Classic(al)!!!!

For those interested in Schumann, I highly recommend Peter Ostwald's biography:

http://www.amazon.com/Schumann-Inner-Voices-Musical-Genius/dp/1555530141/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256908655&sr=1-1

 Mendy - love your comment; a perfect touch!

Tom - how funny to come over here and read your post, because I was just over at Karen's blog, writing about Schumann and some of his history and reminding myself to go check out a biography on him b/c his life (and Clara's) was so interesting to me. And here this link is!

Whoa. Almost as spooky as Karen's last comment about her score. (Okay, everyone, off we go to Karen's blog now, to carry on about Schumann there. I've got room in my car - anyone?)

I will carpool with you, as long as you promise to not check your flight schedules on your laptop while driving...

I agree with Holzman about the Schumann bio.  It is well written, but a very sad read.

 

 I have to confess that the part about Minneapolis and Tchaik. 6 went over my head entirely. Illumination?

 Anne, you're asking a lot. That flight schedule is very very important. Apparently it's engrossing as well.

Dottie - The Tchaikovsky no. 6 was just another symphony name to toss out there (and one, in truth, I don't much enjoy - that last movement is so tiresome to me) and the Minneapolis bit is the location where the Northwest Airlines pilots were supposed to land Flight 188, which they overshot by 150 miles, therefore arriving way way late into Minneapolis (where the airport and runway was swarming with law enforcement, deeply concerned about the anomaly).

 I shouldn't make the assumption that everyone (particularly ppl outside the U.S.) knows what went on. Here's one of the many links to the story:  seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010127221_flight24.html

And here's a little New Yorker humor on the subject:

www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/cartoonlounge/2009/10/what-really-happened-on-flight-northwest-188.html

 OK, guess I was being dense.  I'm a news junkie, so knew about this, but didn't put it together. :) Thank you.

 Dottie - it was a pretty obscure little tangent, I have to admit, full of little private innuendos. Not sure non-classical music people would fully appreciate them all.

But, hey. I knew to take it to the right place. : )