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| Thread ID: 95420 | 2008-12-05 17:47:00 | Some Music History For Your Edification | Roscoe (6288) | PC World Chat |
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| 726049 | 2008-12-05 17:47:00 | Have been reading a book about Ludwig van Beethoven and one story concerned Maximillian Friedrich, Archbishop and Kurfürst of Cologne, to whom Beethoven dedicated his “Three Sonatas For Piano.” Whenever the Archbishop and his court travelled to his summer residence, the Augustusburg Palace at Brühl, halfway between Bonn and Cologne, all his musicians travelled with him. Nice, if you can afford it. These days, you’d just take your mp3 player and a couple of spare batteries.:D |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 726050 | 2008-12-05 18:01:00 | But! MP3 players were really expensive back then. :D | Sweep (90) | ||
| 726051 | 2008-12-05 18:06:00 | They DID have MP3 players. They just told their band to set up and play. :p | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 726052 | 2008-12-05 18:14:00 | But! MP3 players were really expensive back then. :D Also, Chargers were rather large (and left large dollops all over the place). |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 726053 | 2008-12-05 18:19:00 | But! MP3 players were really expensive back then. :D If the Archbishop could afford to take his musicians, I would have thought that he could afford an mp3 player. Also, Chargers were rather large (and left large dollops all over the place). That should read, "and left large dollops all over the palace." |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 726054 | 2008-12-05 18:54:00 | Of course. Mea culpa. :D ;) | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 726055 | 2008-12-05 19:02:00 | And talking about music history. It was 40 years ago when The Beatles released there White album. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 726056 | 2008-12-05 20:00:00 | I guess it is a grey album now. ;) | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 726057 | 2008-12-05 20:23:00 | Bravo R2x1, thank you. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 726058 | 2008-12-05 20:41:00 | I guess it is a grey album now. ;) Nevertheless, it's still damn good music! In particular: "Variations Pour La Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da," "Rondo Pour While My Guitar Gently Weeps" for stringed instruments in E flat, and, of course, my favourite: "Exercise In Counterpoint For Two Parts - Back In The USSR." All excellent oratorios. Of course. Mea culpa. :D ;) Apology accepted. |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
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