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Date:         Fri, 8 Jan 1993 11:02:46 EST
Comments:     Resent-From: Ken Koester <MAINT2@ERS>
Comments:     Originally-From: Philip II's prescient confessor <U33963@UICVM>
From:         Ken Koester <MAINT2@ERS.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Captain, Me Impulse Engines Willnae Take Any More. . . .

Taking the Confessor at his word & posting faint goodbye echoes:

----------------------------Original message----------------------------
On Thu, 7 Jan 1993 08:02:02 EST you said:
[delete minor debris]

Wow, Ken, I do believe in net.esp!!  Although given my new title and attributes
, I have to know some  things before they actually happen :)  I was thinking ab
out you yesterday on several counts: first, I found an extremely good Dutch Pho
nogram "Classette" tape at the thrift entitled _Music From the Courts of
Europe_ played by Celedonio Romero.  It's excellent: melodic, soothing, inspi-
ring -- in short, just beautiful.  Then last night I was rereading Parker's
excellent biography of Philip II and came across this passage: "One lifetime
addiction which appeared early was music.  Orders were issued in 1540 to
repair the organs in the prince's chapel and from that time onward Philip
refused to travel unless accompanied by his own organs, his own minstrels
and his own choristers, so that his ears would hear only music of the highest
quality."  As if this weren't enough, today, while working in my office, I
spent much time listening to Giuliani and other composers for guitar, notably
Sor.  (BTW, I have about 200 tapes -- prerecorded and others I've dubbed --
of classical in my office.  Most of them are from the 1600-1800 period.)
So, clearly, we must have been dialoguing a la distance.

>This next one's for Renato.  Shoot, I made a special trip last night just to
>get it before he goes off the air for good (-:

I'm really off but manage to misbehave and intercept the really interesting
stuff thru Netnews, a practice that will have to stop shortly :(

>
>=The Art of the Bawdy Song=, The Baltimore Consort & Merry Companions.
>Actually, this one is for the Inquistor's Evil Twin & Libby Doe--they could
>really get jumping with these songs, mostly all 17th century English delights.
>(Hey, our ancestors knew how to jump--how do you think you got to be born
>anyways?)  Most of them new to me, many by Purcell--must revise my opinion of

I gather you mean by jumping on each other, right? ;-)

>that man--quite a few from Playford & D'Urfey--why don't they never publish
>*those* pieces in the anthologies?  The play list is sectioned as follows:
>
>Prelewd

As in foreplay or pro*log*?

>To the Tavern ("I gave her Cakes and I gave her Ale"--and you know what
>                happened next, right?)

Marx rightly distinguished between "use value" and "exchange value" :*)

>Men & Maids ("Cold and Raw"--about a maid and her barley; alas, the singer
>              gets neither maid nor barley.)

Neither maid nor laid :(  Figures.

>Coming of Age (so to speak (-:)

Interesting historical problem actually -- i.e., when one came of age and
was responsible for one's actions, could inherit, and so forth.  Though some-
somehow this is not what this means, right? ;-)

>Anticlimaxes (What do you expect of a song, "The Old Fumbler"?)

This could apply to many NFL players past their prime I suppose. :)

>Measure of the Man (pretty obvious, that, but there is a tailor song for good
>                    measure, so to speak (-:)

Threadmaker Masuda should pay close attention. Yo MMM!!!

>Dancing in the Grass (no, it's not Hugh Masekela grown up, down and dirty)

Just stay away from the really tall grass where the big dogs go, right Prest-
ton?

>Tobacco & other Stimulants (Weelkes gives a nice take on the evil weed; then
>                            "Most men do love the Spanish wine")

Significantly, Spanish wine had the reputation of being rather weak and certain
ly was much weaker in alcoholic content than today's.  When I read these lines,
I'm reminded of the glorious witticism in _Tom Jones_ that "wine is said to dul
l a man's desire, though only in a dull man." :*)

>Interlewd ("Gathering Peascods"--or was that codspieces?)

I've had difficulties explaining to my students the functions and uses of
these contraptions.  What sayeth Libby about this?

--------------------------- Interejaculation ----------------------------------
Well, Libby?  (-:
--------------------------- Back to forwarded stuff ---------------------------

>Scat(ological) Songs (farting contests & a virtuoso performance on fartophone)

There are so many good jokes about this it's incredible. (BTW, is the CD scente
d?  Just curious.)

>Fresh Ayre (that aint all that's fresh, sister)

There are some pretty fresh lassies on this list, wouldn't you say?  :)____
<drool>

>Men & Women ("Tis women makes us love/Tis love that makes us sad/Tis sadness
>              makes us drink/And drinking makes us mad")
>Her Thing & His Thing  ("My Thing is my Own", "My man John had a Thing that
>                         was long", etc.  Do your own thing, sort of)
>Vinum Bonum

"El vino bueno es, y mejor que el agua" (old Spanish adage)
>
>And so forth.  This is the first album I've bought that had the parental
>advisory sticker on it & I bought it in the classical section; it had been
>moved around several times & was not with the vocalist selections, but I did
>scarf up a copy in the new releases shelf, so I suppose I can't complain.
>It's pretty fun stuff with a lot of a cappella arrangements for Marsha to
>sink her teeth into. I only question how they managed to tape it with a
>straight face in the studio.  Real professional self-control, I guess (-:
>All the lyrics are included, so you can follow the tough parts right along
>at home, kiddies.

Well Ken, you've made a believer out of me, and I'll run out and buy. I'll see
is I can justify this as a professional expense given my current line of resea-
rch.  Thanks a mil.  If you want to post this on Allmusic, go ahead.  I'm
afraid that I cried wolf -- or was it uncle? -- too many times, and that nobody
believes I'm about to take a leave from the list.  At any rate, many regards
to you and good luck on your mini-series -- actually, not so little any more.

A bientot,

          -Renato
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