Actually, that wasn't the quote I was thinking of. There's a different one, referring to his own "conversion" to viola. It goes something like this: Primrose...
Hate mail? Not at all. In fact, perversely interested. Is it a specially made instrument? How can you put five strings over a fingerboard built for four and...
Les Jacobson
lesterjake@...
Dec 1, 2004 11:25 am
36244
Yes, it is specially built as far as fingerboard is concerned, which is a little wider, and of course you need a fifth peg. I heard one played many years ago...
Juan Krakenberger
kraviol@...
Dec 1, 2004 11:32 am
36245
Yes, with more than 4 strings, much change -- the width of the fingerboard, the spacing between strings and sound. Viola d'amore players deal with this all the...
Myron Rosenblum
roseviola@...
Dec 1, 2004 2:13 pm
36246
In a message dated 12/1/2004 6:28:30 AM Eastern Standard Time, lesterjake@... writes: Seems to me it might be a brilliant solution for playing all...
Cigarnose@...
Dec 1, 2004 2:54 pm
36247
Hi: I am posting this to ask for assistance. We are having a discussion on rec.music.makers.bowed-strings about Kreutzer étude No. 20 (for violin), Galamian...
As for Janacek's Sinfonietta, Janacek, at the end of his life, to express his love for this young woman he was totally taken with, wrote his second string...
Myron Rosenblum
roseviola@...
Dec 1, 2004 7:51 pm
36249
"Cultural Exchange, ha! They send us their Jews from Odessa, and we send them our Jews from Odessa." Watter yew awl a takin bout. We dont got none o' them in...
In a message dated 12/1/04 10:02:48 AM Eastern Standard Time, Cigarnose@... writes: << In a message dated 12/1/2004 6:28:30 AM Eastern Standard Time, ...
Greyfeeld@...
Dec 2, 2004 3:46 am
36252
In a message dated 12/1/2004 2:49:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, roseviola@... writes: As for Janacek's Sinfonietta, Janacek, at the end of his life,...
Cigarnose@...
Dec 2, 2004 6:27 am
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In a message dated 12/1/2004 10:49:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, Greyfeeld@... writes: HEY!!! (sound of Janacek-lover striking fist on table) robert...
Cigarnose@...
Dec 2, 2004 6:44 am
36254
Yes, the same, believe it or not. mr ... From: <Cigarnose@...> To: <viola@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 1:24 AM Subject: Re: [viola] 5...
Myron Rosenblum
roseviola@...
Dec 2, 2004 1:28 pm
36255
A few random jottings. In a previous incarnation I played the 2nd quartet of Janacek literally hundreds of times and and we developed a programme with actors...
yes,I read somewhere that those nasty arpeggios in the Sinfonietta- are supposed to refer (perhaps represent?) in some way to the d'amore... I am looking for...
Ann Roggen
aroggen@...
Dec 2, 2004 7:21 pm
36257
... cause problems >with double stops etc.? I was once asked to fit an E string on a viola for somebody. Main problems were (a) the curvature of bridge, and...
Somehow I've been switched over the the 'digest' format, sop I haven't been following things as closely as I might have of late. However, seeing a mention of...
alcarruth@...
Dec 2, 2004 7:57 pm
36259
"I had become a violist full-fledged. I had burned all my bridges. I had walked the Damascus road, seen the light, repented of past transgressions, and turned...
Lauren Gage
lgage@...
Dec 3, 2004 1:54 am
36260
Hi Everyone, I have new viola music to announce. "Diversion" for Viola and Piano, by award-winning composer John G. MacKay Jr. is a 4 minute tonal,...
does 42 count? i live in groningen, the netherlands and have just begun to play the altviool. my wife plays the violin, my father-in-law the cello so the...
Check out this store, or better yet, make sure your family members, friends and/or students "happen to find" the URL, and you might receive a nice gift from ...
Hi, Just testing, Stephen ... From: "Wayne Smith" <kingphil46@...> To: <viola@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 12:21 AM Subject: [viola]...
In a message dated 12/2/2004 1:10:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, mail@... writes: I can't help thinking that the nasty bit in the Sinfonietta...
Cigarnose@...
Dec 3, 2004 3:37 am
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How would listers recommend one slow down a fast, violinistic vibrato? I find as I listen to more music that slower vibrato sounds better, almost regardless of...
Les Jacobson
lesterjake@...
Dec 3, 2004 4:41 am
36267
Rozanna & Friends Music inspired by The Romance of the Season Featuring: Rozanna Weinberger - Viola Tobias Wagner – Keyboard/Electric Guitar Megumi Kitamura...
ROZANNAW@...
Dec 3, 2004 5:17 am
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Hi Les, Go to my website and look for the article on vibrato. Maybe this method will help. It was published in The Strad in April 2000. The website is ...
Juan Krakenberger
kraviol@...
Dec 3, 2004 9:21 am
36269
In a message dated 12/2/2004 11:44:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, lesterjake@... writes: How would listers recommend one slow down a fast, violinistic...
Cigarnose@...
Dec 3, 2004 9:23 pm
36270
In a message dated 12/3/2004 4:22:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, Cigarnose writes: Wrist and finger vibrato tned to be Tend, not tned. Nrdo [Non-text portions...
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