'Nother ooops. On rereading my first over-long post today I noticed that I had incorrectly called Sam Kean's wonderful read, "The Violist's Thumb." Duh, it's...
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Peter Gross
peterbgross@...
Aug 8, 2012 9:41 pm
Paging Dr Freud......
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Oscar Wehmanen
go_oa
Aug 9, 2012 2:32 pm
Consider the Strauss Oboe Concerto. It has a nice solo viola part. Have you ever heard it? Usually it is completely lost. Did Strauss intend anyone (except the...
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lesterjake
Aug 9, 2012 4:21 pm
I have been recently looking for a new bow to match up better with my Hiroshi Iizuka viola. On the way back from a chamber music workshop in Door County last...
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lesterjake
Aug 9, 2012 4:27 pm
Preparing to play the Haydn Opus 76. No. 5 quartet for the first time, I went online and watched a performance by the Ysaye quartet. I had never heard of them...
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Steve LaBonne
stevelabonne
Aug 9, 2012 4:32 pm
I have their disc of the Schumann quartets on the Aeon label. It's really lovely. Steve LaBonne...
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Bernard Zaslav
bratchist
Aug 9, 2012 4:42 pm
Moi aussi; I think they are a wonderful group. Bernie Zaslav ****...
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Nardo Poy
metamorpheusis
Aug 9, 2012 5:34 pm
I don't know about "it's sleep", but other than that, what other method is there to practicing Sevčik? Sent from my iPhone ... I don't know about "it's...
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Kenneth Martinson
kenamartinson
Aug 9, 2012 8:55 pm
Hello Viola List- We have a new fun addition on the IVS Website- a place where people can upload Congress Photos on the site. I started to upload some of the...
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Gillian Rogell
gillian.rogell@...
Aug 9, 2012 10:42 pm
I've received several emails like this (below), looking for a viola teacher. I always delete them. But I can't figure out how they hope to profit from this....
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Robert Stoskopf
rstoskopf
Aug 9, 2012 11:37 pm
Dear Mrs. Janet Williams: I am very much looking forward to teaching your son (chris). All students new to my studio must commit to a minimum of three months....
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Kenneth Martinson
kenamartinson
Aug 9, 2012 11:54 pm
Nahahahaahh!...
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ContraReed@...
contrareed
Aug 10, 2012 12:24 am
The scam works like in this way: You respond with the amount you'd be charging for lessons. Then then send you what appears to be a genuine bank check drawn on...
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Mike Peiffer
fahrenheit4512
Aug 10, 2012 4:40 am
Why of course not, Charles. The operator must be fully awake and alert. It is simply the bow that can be asleep. Might have to find other bowing...
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Paul Silverthorne
paul_silvert...
Aug 10, 2012 1:06 pm
I prefer "seen the dark". Paul Silverthorne...
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Rosalie Sward
rmewsik
Aug 10, 2012 3:23 pm
Good one! I receive at least one of these per week. The writer never states what kind of "lessons," it could be anything. I never answer these, but I love...
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Philip.heyman
philip.heyman@...
Aug 10, 2012 3:48 pm
Do they make it all sound so yseay?! CMM Sent from Samsung Galaxy on O2...
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Claire Callahan Goodman
rebgaby
Aug 10, 2012 4:43 pm
One way these scams work is this: You respond and say that it will cost $200 per week or whatever, and the person then responds by asking where to send the...
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Charles Small
curmudgeon@...
Aug 10, 2012 6:19 pm
Better not to respond at all. Once you respond, they know they've got a live (verified) e-address, which can be sold to other scammers. Ch.S. ...
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Nardo Poy
metamorpheusis
Aug 11, 2012 12:03 am
Boo - hiss. Sent from my iPhone...
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Jose Vazquez
orpheonfound...
Aug 11, 2012 10:47 am
The following violas from my collection are on sale. For details: orpheon@... Please, pass on to interested colleagues, students! Thank you, Jos Vzquez ...
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Jose Vazquez
orpheonfound...
Aug 11, 2012 12:06 pm
SORRY, TWO OF THE LINKS WERE NOT CORRECT, HERE AGAIN! The following violas from my collection are on sale. For details: orpheon@... Please, pass on to...
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John
fiddlerjohn20
Aug 11, 2012 5:32 pm
The Tours-Gibson "The Viola" of 1902 has recently been scanned at http://hdl.handle.net/1802/23544 <http://hdl.handle.net/1802/23544> It is mostly MUSIC,...
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Myron Rosenblum
roseviola20@...
Aug 12, 2012 2:04 pm
The NY Times had an obit on Ruggiero Ricci, the great violinist who died at 94. Like Menuhin, he studied with Louis Persinger and was a child prodigy. He...
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Bernard Zaslav
bratchist
Aug 12, 2012 5:12 pm
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Bernard Zaslav
bratchist
Aug 12, 2012 5:23 pm
Misspelled "Ruggiero";, and George smoked cigarettes - not cigars - but the memory of them both remains strong. They broke the mold. Bernie Zaslav...
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Myron Rosenblum
roseviola20@...
Aug 12, 2012 5:51 pm
Ricci not only had a formidable technique (second to none), but was really a good musician. As mentioned, after Walter Trampler performed with him at Aspen,...
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Bernard Zaslav
bratchist
Aug 12, 2012 6:10 pm
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Scott Slapin
scottslapin
Aug 12, 2012 9:50 pm
I never met Ruggiero Ricci nor have I heard him live, but I had many of his recordings and am a real fan. I recorded a CD of solo viola music by Frank Proto...
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Bernard Zaslav
bratchist
Aug 12, 2012 10:53 pm
This is catching; look at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZsp2QgMKjQ&feature=endscreen *****...
