tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post461017154833671658..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: Purcell Funeral MarchUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-83008331989982620852010-03-06T05:40:06.081-08:002010-03-06T05:40:06.081-08:00Thinking of the wrong guy then. Woops.Thinking of the wrong guy then. Woops.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-90446105091532685892010-03-06T04:37:52.270-08:002010-03-06T04:37:52.270-08:00No, Bob mitchell was a sculpture teacher from Barn...No, Bob mitchell was a sculpture teacher from Barnsley who just dressed like a gypsy - Derby tweeds and red neckerchief. He was my personal teacher (and chose me, he said, because he didn't like me...)<br /><br />The real gypsy was much more suave.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-30751630077497406222010-03-06T04:14:05.316-08:002010-03-06T04:14:05.316-08:00Nowt to do with this posting, Tom. But I've ju...Nowt to do with this posting, Tom. But I've just remembered; wasn't it Bob Mitchell?Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-2493466453483583092010-03-05T15:26:02.641-08:002010-03-05T15:26:02.641-08:00An interesting - to me - historical note:
All tho...An interesting - to me - historical note:<br /><br />All those twiddly bits, the trills and tremellos that we think of as frill in Baroque, brass horn playing, were originated because you could not achieve a half tone between them with early instruments. They just fluctuated between the two tones, to get the an approximation of the note they wanted. Then it became style.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.com