Topic: TINKLING THE IVORIES (Read 24633 times)

William F. Orr · « **Reply #60 on:** November 04, 2004, 11:30:17 AM »

Pedant? Did somebody say pedant? Here I am. The complete declension, for those who are dying to know, is:

singular

Nominative - opus
Genitive - operis
Dative - operi
Accusative - opus
Ablative - opere
Locative operi or opere
Vocative opus

plural

Nominative - opera
Genitive - operum
Dative - operibus
Accusative - opera
Ablative - operibus
Locative operibus
Vocative opera

William F. Orr · « **Reply #61 on:** November 04, 2004, 11:38:38 AM »

And did we forget...

genus, genera (gender)
iter, itera (road)
lemma, lemmata (theme)
theorema, theoremata (proposition)
crimen, crimina (accusation)
fulimen, flumina (river)
limen, limina (threshold)
nomen, nomina (name)
stamen, stamina (thread)

Welll... it takes my mind off of President Butch. Or, as the French call him, Président Bouche.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #62 on:** November 04, 2004, 11:39:45 AM »

Thanks! I already turned down the part you're playing!

Emily · « **Reply #63 on:** November 04, 2004, 11:42:30 AM »

As if John Edwards' yesterday could get WORSE:

"Elizabeth Edwards diagnosed with breast cancer"

Quote

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards, was diagnosed with breast cancer the day her husband and Sen. John Kerry conceded the presidential race.

Spokesman David Ginsberg said Mrs. Edwards, 55, discovered a lump in her right breast while on a campaign trip last week.

Her family doctor told her Friday that it appeared to be cancerous and advised her to see a specialist when she could.

She put off the appointment until Wednesday so as to not miss campaign time.

Mrs. Edwards had a needle biopsy performed at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where Dr. Barbara Smith confirmed the cancer, Ginsberg said.

He said the cancer was diagnosed as invasive ductal cancer.

That is the most common type of breast cancer, and can spread from the milk ducts to other parts of the breast or beyond.

More tests were being done to determine how far the cancer has advanced and how to treat it, he said.

Ginsberg said spirits are high at the Edwards household.

"Everybody feels good about it, that this is beatable," he said.

Edwards, who leaves his North Carolina Senate seat in January, said in a statement, "Elizabeth is as strong a person as I've ever known. Together, our family will beat this."

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/04/elizabeth.edwards.ap/index.html

William F. Orr · « **Reply #64 on:** November 04, 2004, 11:50:44 AM »

Well! I finally got the Broadway Radio Show working on my computer at work. Here was the problem: I was getting "shml error" or something. Last week, I found that writing down the url and typing it in in Real Player connected me. Why couldn't I get it just by clicking the link? Aha! Today I tried again, and as well as the error message I got a pop-up from Quick Time. Yes, that nasty old Quick Time.

So I went to real player and checked the preference menu, and sure enough Real was not my default for type .smil. Now it is, and I connect with no problem. Listening to Alfred Drake right now. The star of the first Broadway show I ever saw.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #65 on:** November 04, 2004, 11:53:34 AM »

Page Three picture......

William F. Orr · « **Reply #66 on:** November 04, 2004, 11:54:37 AM »

Emily, that is so sad, but I am sure she will beat it and she and her husband will have a long career together in the future.

p.s. Has there ever been a cuter VP candidate? Well, my mother thought Spiro Agnew (anagram of "Grow a penis") was "a very handsome man".

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #67 on:** November 04, 2004, 11:56:40 AM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on November 04, 2004, 11:19:56 AM

Danke...

Btw, isn't it "loathe" not "lothe"?

BITCH!

Stuart · « **Reply #68 on:** November 04, 2004, 11:59:55 AM »

Quote from: Jay on November 04, 2004, 11:27:55 AM

Forgot to mention:

Favorite Film Involving a Piano:

And here I thought you were going to say Michelle Pfeiffer in THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS

Stuart · « **Reply #69 on:** November 04, 2004, 12:05:18 PM »

Quote from: JRand54 on November 04, 2004, 11:39:45 AM

Thanks! I already turned down the part you're playing!

DR JRand, I am not sure if this was directed my earlier post, but I liked that it seemed apropos of nothing but thin air, and it made me LAUGH!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #70 on:** November 04, 2004, 12:07:17 PM »

Two more fantastic movie pieces for piano and orchestra: Herrmann's concerto from HANGOVER SQUARE and Addinsell's "Warsaw Concerto."

Stuart · « **Reply #71 on:** November 04, 2004, 12:07:30 PM »

Quote from: William F. Orr on November 04, 2004, 11:54:37 AM

Emily, that is so sad, but I am sure she will beat it and she and her husband will have a long career together in the future.

p.s. Has there ever been a cuter VP candidate? Well, my mother thought Spiro Agnew (anagram of "Grow a penis") was "a very handsome man".

No. But imagine this ticket in '08:

John Edwards, amazing attorney and erstwhile VP candidate,

and.......

John Edwards, supernaturalist and erstwhile seer.

Now THAT's a hot ticket!

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #72 on:** November 04, 2004, 12:27:00 PM »

elmore, I was going to mention HANGOVER SQUARE earlier and forgot! It's wonderful!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #73 on:** November 04, 2004, 12:30:14 PM »

Quote from: Charles Pogue on November 04, 2004, 12:27:00 PM

elmore, I was going to mention HANGOVER SQUARE earlier and forgot! It's wonderful!

It's one of Sondheim's favorite pieces. He told me in 1982 that Tony Perkins and I were the only two people he knew who had seen the film.

Emily · « **Reply #74 on:** November 04, 2004, 12:30:41 PM »

Quote from: Stuart on November 04, 2004, 12:07:30 PM

No. But imagine this ticket in '08:

John Edwards, amazing attorney and erstwhile VP candidate,

and.......

John Edwards, supernaturalist and erstwhile seer.

Now THAT's a hot ticket!

GAHHHHHHHH!!!! Scary botox

elmore3003 · « **Reply #75 on:** November 04, 2004, 12:35:00 PM »

Quote from: Stuart on November 04, 2004, 12:07:30 PM

No. But imagine this ticket in '08:

John Edwards, amazing attorney and erstwhile VP candidate,

and.......

John Edwards, supernaturalist and erstwhile seer.

Aaaaaahhhh!! I see dead voters!

Tomovoz · « **Reply #76 on:** November 04, 2004, 12:59:31 PM »

Pop Piano: Ferrante & Teicher, Roger Williams and the wonderful Floyd Cramer. Also liked Russ Conway and Joe "Finger" Carr.

Favourite "piano" movie "Song Without End" (For Dirk of course).. Least favourites: "The Piano" and "The Pianist". The first to me was just silly, the second too detached.

Classical: Much of Chopin. Philippe Entremont - particularly playing Rachmaninoff and Greig.
Also remember being very fond of a George Greeley recording when I was a youngster.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #77 on:** November 04, 2004, 01:02:48 PM »

Partner Colin would probably list "Sparky's Magic Piano" as his favourite.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #78 on:** November 04, 2004, 01:04:20 PM »

"Ragtime" one of my favourite books (Prefer "The Book of Daniel") and one of my favourite films and one of my favourite musicals.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #79 on:** November 04, 2004, 01:09:10 PM »

Yes DRSTUART is was a response just for you.

My God - she's throwing it in the can. I'll kill 'er!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #80 on:** November 04, 2004, 01:12:03 PM »

I love RAGTIME the movie (and book) as well. Henry Rollins.....what a wonderful performance. Debbie Allen gives a heartbreaking performance as well. Her scene at the train station and the one following is Forman at his finest - which is FINE indeed.

Oh HANGOVER SQUARE....Laird Cregar!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #81 on:** November 04, 2004, 01:20:23 PM »

The new London Daily Mirror. If this throws us into Cinemascope, I'll delete it.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #82 on:** November 04, 2004, 01:29:57 PM »

Wow! HANGOVER SQUARE in the Spanish version was called
CONCIERTO MACABRO!

And remember the piano at the end of HEDDA GABBLER? Wow! Remember in the movie THE VELVET TOUCH when Rosalind Russell played a famous stage actress doing HEDDA.....and she went into the other room and played the piano....and the audience really wondered if she did shoot herself? Her character had been trapped and found out as a muderer by Sydney Greenstreet!

I can't find a copy of the play - is the music Hedda plays notated or is it just marked as playing "furioso?" Grrrrrrrrrrr....I forget!

Has any DR seen HG onstage? How was it?

elmore3003 · « **Reply #83 on:** November 04, 2004, 01:32:17 PM »

Quote from: JRand54 on November 04, 2004, 01:29:57 PM

I can't find a copy of the play - is the music Hedda plays notated or is it just marked as playing "furioso?" Grrrrrrrrrrr....I forget!

Has any DR seen HG onstage? How was it?

I love HEDDA GABLER, but I have no memory of her playing the piano at all!

Algernon plays the piano in THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST.

Dan-in-Toronto · « **Reply #84 on:** November 04, 2004, 01:37:56 PM »

And the worst ...

Matt H. · « **Reply #85 on:** November 04, 2004, 01:39:50 PM »

Yes, bk, I read about the Marx Brothers set on the internet by an internet reviewer who synched up THE COCOANUTS and ANIMAL CRACKERS on side-by-side laptops and said they were the same with the same artifacts, edits (skips) as before, and he mentioned he noticed no difference in sound. But, DUCK SOUP wasn't mentioned and, of course, I'm sure you're right about that. Maybe since it's widely regarded as their masterpiece (I like HORSE FEATHERS better though, naturally, the depth of satire isn't the same), Universal did do some clean up and remastering with it.

They're not selling the movies separately as Warners did with some of their Marx set, and the only one of the Image ones I didn't buy was THE COCOANUTS since I had it on laserdisc and the reviews then said it was simply a port over from the laserdisc master.

So, I have to decide if I want to sink $35-40 on the set or simply dub a DVD from the laser for THE COCOANUTS and keep the other four that I already own.

Are there any extras at all in the set. The reviews I've read haven't mentioned anything.

Matt H. · « **Reply #86 on:** November 04, 2004, 01:43:53 PM »

Meant to talk about RAGTIME this morning and forgot. I adore the film and at the time found it a brilliant distillation of the (for me) almost unreadable book.

After I saw the Broadway version of RAGTIME (which I thought was close to a masterpiece), I went back to the book and found it quite wonderful. I still think the moviemakers did the right thing condensing that hefty narrative and all those plots, but the stage show was a terrific compromise between the more simplistic film and the much weightier tome.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #87 on:** November 04, 2004, 01:45:06 PM »

Oh dear - do I have the wrong play? Oh my....

Matt H. · « **Reply #88 on:** November 04, 2004, 01:46:00 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on November 04, 2004, 01:20:23 PM

The new London Daily Mirror. If this throws us into Cinemascope, I'll delete it.

I agree with the London Daily Mirror but seeing as how the South went solidly for Bush, and I taught quite a few of those voters and their parents, I can't say I'm surprised. They made pretty dismal decisions when they were in school, too.

Matt H. · « **Reply #89 on:** November 04, 2004, 01:48:05 PM »

DR Stuart, I believe the professional seer's name is John Edward, no "s" on the end of his name.

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