Details on the memorial tomorrow night in Blacksburg, VA at the bottom. Quite a biography: ...
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mxj8
May 9, 2013 3:49 am
What a great list! For those interested, Susanne Dunlap is not only an author but also a classically trained pianist, and the Managing Director of the Pioneer...
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Wesley Parish
w_e_parish
May 9, 2013 7:40 am
For What Very Little It's Worth, I write five-hundred-worders aka Flash Fiction for a site called AntipodeanSF at http://antisf.com/; my last...
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harding john
brothersamati
May 9, 2013 2:26 pm
"...I have a Kun style rest and it falls off a lot..." The Kun, I seem to remember, was a bit too bendy, which made it harder to keep in place. In addition to...
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Tom Tatton
ttatton43@...
May 9, 2013 3:48 pm
Thank you Scott, I also enjoyed reading John's posts and the obit was very enlightening. It is the quick picture of a man sharing his love of music throughout...
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musician_producer_tea...
musician_pro...
May 9, 2013 7:59 pm
I am thinking of subscribing to Tarisio in search of appraisal savvy. Opinions and advice sought and welcomed! Thanks, Helen Martin...
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Claire Callahan Goodman
rebgaby
May 10, 2013 3:22 pm
Are your rubber grips worn out? I carry surgical tubing in my case (you can get it at a hardware store) to replace the rubber grips - it works great. Also, if...
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Deller Toby
tobydeller
May 11, 2013 11:24 am
An idle question: does anybody around here play the Arpeggione Sonata transcribed into g minor-d major-g major (I mean on viola)? I haven't tried it out but...
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Kenneth Martinson
kenamartinson
May 11, 2013 11:47 am
Hi there Deller- Yes I have heard it this way, I wouldn't recommend it, the brightness is lost and and darker character of G doesn't fit the light heartedness...
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Paul Silverthorne
paul_silvert...
May 11, 2013 1:15 pm
I would have thought the best reason for transposing it would be in order to cover the low notes that are out of range, so for instance F minor would bring the...
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Bernard Zaslav
bratchist
May 11, 2013 3:55 pm
Couldn't agree more, Franck and Brahms being sterling examples. Bernie Zaslav **********...
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Allan M. Lee
allanlee96
May 11, 2013 8:07 pm
The latest edition of The Orchestra Audition: How to Prepare by Roger Frisch is now available. Along with detailed information how to prepare for the symphony...
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Philip.heyman
philip.heyman@...
May 12, 2013 12:34 pm
FWIW...it works really well on a five string viola...IMHO...CMM...
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Kenneth Martinson
kenamartinson
May 19, 2013 6:05 pm
Hello Viola List- I just wanted to pass on some fun information- the old world record (327) held by the Portuguese viola society from 2 years ago was broken my...
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Ron Strauss
ronstrauss2001
May 22, 2013 6:03 pm
Greetings to my fellow Violists, I am a professional violist in California and a former student of William Primrose. I have been lurking in the Yahoo shadows...
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Rozanna
ROZANNAW@...
May 22, 2013 6:14 pm
Wow!!! Thank you so much!!! I had the fortune to study with Primrose myself, however briefly. My fond memories of Primrose remain forever in my heart! ...
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Robert Stoskopf
rstoskopf
May 22, 2013 9:13 pm
Ron, Thank you for sharing this marvelous of collection of recordings with the list. I have just finished watching the amazing film from 1946 and am listening...
65446
juliebell100
May 23, 2013 12:49 am
When I was young I learned the Brahms F minor from the N. Simrock edition. Now many decades later I want to return to this work, but find my music yellowed...
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Johnny Ng
johnnyngca
May 23, 2013 12:57 am
Hi Julie, I hope this is what you are looking for... http://petrucci.mus.auth.gr/imglnks/usimg/b/bc/IMSLP23164-PMLP52918-BraWV__S._482.pdf . Johnny ... -- ...
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Michael Palumbo
midlfidl
May 23, 2013 5:18 pm
Hi Ron. Your Dropbox public link has been disabled due to excessive traffic, whatever that means. Hopefully it will be enabled shortly. I'm looking forward...
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Allan M. Lee
allanlee96
May 23, 2013 5:23 pm
I spoke to Ron about this yesterday. I have the files and will upload to viola.com and provide a link shortly. Allan M. Lee...
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Myron Rosenblum
roseviola20@...
May 23, 2013 6:49 pm
Dear Ron et al -- Many thanks for sharing this with the viola group. For those who were not privy to the greatness of William Primrose, this will be a unique ...
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Charles Small
smch56
May 23, 2013 6:50 pm
Ron Strauss: Thank you so much for this generous gift! I've tried several times today to download these treasures, but each time I get an error message from...
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Bernard Zaslav
bratchist
May 23, 2013 6:58 pm
Me too; disabled for now but looking forward when it's available. Thanks for that Herculean effort. The Bernard Zaslav archive was unveiled at PIVA (Primrose...
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Allan M. Lee
allanlee96
1:59 am
Hi Viola List, Ron Strauss was going to announce this, but since he hasn't had a chance to - here's the link for the Primrose Recordings & Film (861 mb). Let's...
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Allan M. Lee
allanlee96
2:01 am
Hi Viola List, Ron Strauss was going to announce this, but since he hasn't had a chance to - here's the link for the Primrose Recordings ...
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Bernard Zaslav
bratchist
4:35 am
What a feast, hearing recordings I never knew existed, especially those short pieces with Heifetz and Feuermann. WP was truly our Kreisler of the viola . . and...
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David Cann
lotus_david
7:35 am
Hi All, The link worked for me, and am downloading now. Will upload to my own DropBox account. Thanks, David...
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Ron Strauss
ronstrauss2001
8:24 am
The number of attempted downloads overwhelmed my DropBox (poor thing!). So here is a new link for the Primrose MP3 collection and 1946 Film (thanks to Allan...
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Roberta Zalkind
robertazalkind
1:33 pm
Colleagues: We are offering 10% off everything at thttp://www.nsamusicsupplies.com until May 27th for purchases $75.00 and over. The coupon code is:...
