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Sep 1, 2008 8:03 am
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... Given your exacting ratings for bow hair, do you also have rosin preferences for particular instruments, grades of hair, etc.? Dianne...
For those of you who have been on the viola site for a while, you will recall some lively (and at times exasperating) exchanges by Zan Harper (re. early...
Myron Rosenblum
roseviola@...
Sep 1, 2008 2:12 pm
54549
To save you time and energy writing to me, thanks to those who already wrote me re. the date of Zan Harper's passing Of course, he passed away in November,...
Myron Rosenblum
roseviola@...
Sep 1, 2008 3:21 pm
54550
The choice of rosin is a personal choice--like your choice of strings. My recommendation for rosin has always been based on the answer to the question--What...
Like Lucina, I also knew Zan from several Congresses and missed him when he stopped attending. Even then we were able to stay in touch through this list and I...
William Tell Overture will definitely sound better when played with white stallion horsehair . . . Mary Jane [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Myron, Thank you for letting us know this sad news about Zan. Not only is this a loss for this list and for the viola and viola d'amore groups, but also for...
Probably more than a few times when I was in college and rather new to "adult" symphonic literature. I always remember the admonition of my junior high school...
A number of years ago, Norm Pickering, who succeeded me as head of the VSA, gave a detailed lecture on the many issues of rosin. All the VSA Journals are now...
Eric Chapman
chapmanviolins@...
Sep 2, 2008 3:03 pm
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Hi Eric! Where can I find all VSA Journals online? ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
< Apropos of the viola d'amore, I just received a review copy of a recent CD (I will review it for the Newsletter of the Viola d'amore Society of America) of...
Dear Clinton et al: Whomever "RA" is, he/she is not well informed about the viola d'amore. RA writes that it "hit its small peak of popularity and influence...
Myron Rosenblum
roseviola@...
Sep 2, 2008 5:53 pm
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... Absolutely correct! Granted that there were a few other "strange and archaic instruments" that actually preceded the establishment of the violin family in...
John Howell
John.Howell@...
Sep 2, 2008 9:40 pm
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I agree ,,,,and any Western flick too, Eh? Vitto ... From: <mjlmusic@...> To: <viola@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 9:41 PM ...
In Shostacovich's Fantasia,,,Pines of Rome.A bit on the long and toothy side. Leave the fortification courage beverage for après-Pre. Yo need to be awake for...
Do not leave your Viola ( especially the viola ) un-attended at the Airport Departures for that reason the arrivals either or any where. I don't and won't...
Hi Group looking for help in finding Hummels Fantasie - the Muscale TransAtlantic (French) edition. It is for my freshman viola performance major at MIZZOU.?...
Just a few musings: There have always been misconceptions about instruments and their evolution floating around for a long time (and they may well ...
Myron Rosenblum
roseviola@...
Sep 3, 2008 2:00 pm
54568
Hello everyone I've been lurking for ages without posting (I only recently got my own internet access); now I'm in need of a little advice. I'm a music...
The problem with a digital tuner in an orchestra is that it tunes to its preprogrammed pitches, not to the pitch the orchestra has agreed upon. One orchestra I...
Hi! You can hold a peg against your ear, or other part of the viola, so that the transmission of the sound will be made by the viola's wood instead of by the...
<<As to the origin of the viola d'amore, that is difficult to determine. With its added sympathetic strings, we have to seriously consider its relationship...
<<So, I'm thinking about getting a digital tuner, just for orchestra. I still have lessons and my teacher doesn't usually like tuners, preferring to tune to...
"...You can hold a peg against your ear ..." Here comes another generation of viola jokes. john h E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (5.5.1.322) Database...
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