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Teresa B

david johnson wrote:O gives a great speech and blows up the bad guys. Those are his positives. He IS too left, otherwise.

Most people who really are on the left would disagree. But the fact remains, it's certainly possible for the opposition to make your argument without drawing the race card in any way.

Teresa B

Pish tosh, how would Coulter know "liberals (don't) care about the historic nature of the first black president", but want Obama to remain in office "because he's the most liberal president we've ever had" (really??) and liberals can play the race card against anyone who criticizes him. Not surprisi...

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We can only guess at the reason. My guess is that Chopin could not separate the act of performance from the act of composition. He would sit down at the piano and improvise to get his ideas and what came out were figurations idiomatic to the piano. He probably could not sit down and imagine the sou...

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Interesting discussion! I think it's hard to assign anything like an "absolute" scale of profundity, but many people from the same (or similar) cultures might agree that certain works do strike a depth that others do not. I agree that profundity in music cannot exist on its own, since music is indee...

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Hi Len, thanks for posting! I saw quite a bit of this the other night, and it's excellent. I have said several times on this forum that if we could determine who needs what screening and then treat based on better data, we could save a fortune. AND do less harm! This is not "death panels", it's smar...

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OK. Rev. Smith preached a sermon on forgiving one's enemies. At the end, he asked for a show of hands from the congregation on who was ready and willing to forgive his/her enemies. Nearly every hand went up, except for the elderly Mr. Jones in the back. The Reverend noticed, and asked him, "Brother ...

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Hmm...I had played a lot of Bach by the time I was in college, but I think I gained an appreciation for other pre-Bach/Baroque music when I happened to sing in a small a capella university chorus. We did a Byrd mass that was just beautiful. Seeing and hearing how the voices blended in such a smooth,...

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jbuck919 wrote:Thanks, Werner and everybody. Yes, dulcinea, Teresa B and I have now all lived longer than Beethoven. Next goal: Brahms.

A belated Happy Birthday, John!
Teresa

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Agnes Selby wrote:I am sorry John, I thought it was all about September birthdays.

It is!!! And a Happy birthday to Kathy on Thursday!

Love,
Teresa

Teresa B

As the eldest member of the--er, Tip-toperific Trio, I will use my seniority to be the first to say THANK YOU!!!

Thanks Don,
Best,
Teresa

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lennygoran wrote:
Teresa B wrote:
My words may carry no weight at all;
You gotta be kidding--your words carry tremendous weight--at least that's the case for me! Regards, Len

Thanks Len! Ditto.

Teresa

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lennygoran wrote:
Cosima___J wrote:Auntie, that is surely worth the "Post of the Day" award.
Cosi you got it wrong--here's the score!

Russ L -101 Cosi -59 dulcinea -36 Auntie -12 John B +46 Teresa +102 Regards, Len

Hi Len,
I'm not sure how you devised the point system here, but I'm for it!

Teresa

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Teresa, look at the original post of "What A Romney Means" and then you'll see true nastiness. So don't criticize Auntie and me until you admonish Cliftwood. Then maybe your words will carry more weight because they will be fair and impartial. I read the entire article in Cliftwood's post, but I do...

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I listened to the Grimaud version (sorry, Donald, haven't had time to listen to yours yet!--on the agenda), and I like her rendition very much. I am of two minds when it comes to interpretation of Bach. On one hand (no pun intended), I agree that authenticity is a good thing--but I also think Bach w...

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Sur l'autre main, I cannot for the life of me imagine why any guy in his right mind would want to have sex with that thing - she has a voice that would stop an eight day clock. He would have to be either drunk or crazy...take your pick. Auntie, that is surely worth the "Post of the Day" award. :) M...

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I'm guessing dulcinea is referring to Sandra Fluke, the recently-graduated lawyer who, as a law student spoke out for insurance coverage for contraceptives, after the ridiculous panel composed entirely of clergy men left out any female voice whatsoever. As you may recall now, she was called a "slut"...

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RebLem wrote:And Ann Coulter tried to rally hers with tweets like these:

"They're spicing things up with a live abortion on stage!"
and
"Bill Clinton just impregnated Sandra Fluke backstage..."

Oh, Ann is such a knee-slapping sweetheart, isn't she?

God love her...

Teresa B

Fair enough. You'll see that I edited my original post while you were posting yours, but I believe the changes make no big difference. I do not understand what people have against Hilary Clinton, who's concluding a distinguished four years as Secretary of State after serving New York as its Senator...

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she's TOO obvious when playing to the voters. when he was first govenor here she was hillary rodham, next term she was hillary clinton, now she's hillary rodham clinton. a bit less pc would be appeciated. she also grumbled about us natives who put him in office. left a bad taste in my mouth. And sh...

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david johnson wrote:Excellent, as always. I voted for him as governor and as pres. Can't stand his wife, though.

What's wrong with Hillary?

Teresa B

Just goes to show, you can explain the chemical composition of cold spring water in fine detail, but the true experience of it is only had by taking a sip.

Teresa

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Dear Agnes, thanks for posting Kathy's wonderful site! I am getting ready to listen to the Dvorak op 81 - since I played it all last year, it is now very well known to me, and one of my favorites!

I dearly wish I could be there for some of those fabulous concerts this year!

Love, Teresa

Teresa B

So sorry to hear this.

Teresa

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I thought that was too brisk a tempo for the first movement. I realize that all studio recordings have any mistakes edited out of them, but standards are such that no one would be able to get away with a live performance of that work that had that many mistakes (if I recall correctly the more diffi...

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I thought that was too brisk a tempo for the first movement. I realize that all studio recordings have any mistakes edited out of them, but standards are such that no one would be able to get away with a live performance of that work that had that many mistakes (if I recall correctly the more diffi...

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Now if you wanna hear some Mozart the way I like it, listen to this (you'll have to ignore flaws, it's a live recording not too well done and includes some errors!) Teresa Glad I decided to listen and watch this--is it the A Major concerto --seems new to me but I loved it instantly. And of course t...

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Ricordanza wrote:I like the music, the playing...and the scenery!

Many thanks! Pics were all taken by yours truly and family.

Teresa

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Horowitz has never been my favorite interpreter of Mozart, but I like the A Major concerto better than I do the sonatas (have heard his K330 and 333). I don't mind him putting his unique spin on it, but a good example of what I don't like is for example, the lovely section in the development (5:00 t...

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In 1985, McClelland & Stewart published a novel by Canadian writer Margaret Atwood titled A Handmaid's Tale , in which a fundamentalist, dominionist, male chauvinist cabal overthrows the government of the United States and subjects women to a regime similar to that which prevails in Saudi Arabia. S...

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Sorry to see a legend go. Guess what John, I did know she was a classical pianist! I saw her on some TV show years ago, and she played a bit of the Beethoven Piano Concerto #1. Not bad!

Teresa

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I took a look at the Wiki article (thanks, Rob), and I would say we are on our way to being an "Inverted Totalitarian Democracy" as described by Wolin, cited toward the end of the article. The loss of voter control is more the result of corporate power and the influence of the wealthiest elite, by w...

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Hopefully the Dems will take full advantage of Ryan's plan to end Medicare as we know it. That is not popular even with the Tea Party.

Teresa

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Ok, John, I'm OK with "coherence" (although in my dermatological practice I tend to think of coherence as what the light waves do in a laser :) ). I am OK with different definitions of "flow" too. In the end, there is no perfect way to put into words the coherence/flow/perception that we experience ...

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I don't have any surefire tricks for you, but here are some things that I have done that have made my musical life richer, and introduced me to like-minded people (obviously we can post on boards like this, but geographically speaking, we can't play music together!): I got to know quite a few local ...

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Before you disagree with the use of the word "flow", I don't think Teresa equates "flow" with "smooth flow" -- I think she sees it more like I do, that "flow" comes from a sense of an idea being just the right idea at the right time. And sometimes heavy contrast is what sounds like the right idea, ...

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John, I don't disagree with anything you're saying, and I am expressly not saying I think Mozart's slow movement in K271 is not beautiful and moving, including every passage, and the use of the contrasting motifs was not illogical. Those were fine points that I felt he improved on in some of his lat...

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Yep, I am aware that Mozart filled in passages for the benefit of other players. My comment that he wrote them out for Ms. Jenamy was not that relevant to the point, I concede--but despite the fact that Mozart improvised embellishments in other works, he also wrote passages that were not necessarily...

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I'm not sure I'm addressing your original point in the thread, but I have some idea perhaps. I would not say overall that Mozart's compositions have too many themes, or it's hard to connect, or figure out the "trajectory" of the ideas that he presents in particular works. But I would certainly say h...

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Worrisome trends, and if everyone will excuse me I'm leaving my computer screen now.

Teresa

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Dulcinea, I agree with Agnes, for what my opinion is worth! Work for the library system here in Tampa if that is what you enjoy. It may be that your "overprotective" family members have their own agendas (conscious or unconscious), and have reasons for wanting to keep you dependent. But you are not ...

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RebLem said, "the race of the officers is irrelevant." Meaning that if the policemen were black too, that would be irrelevant. How race can be irrelevant to racism, I can't imagine. I define racism in terms of institutional arrangements that allow this sort of thing to happen, and in terms of these...

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Excellent column from Brooks. Interesting how he describes the process of re-examining a life in terms of individual efforts vs outside influences, and concludes that the older you get, the more you find that you did not build your life in a vacuum. In fact, it is in keeping with ancient Buddhist ph...

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Bro wrote:
Teresa B wrote: new rule: Limit all campaigning to 6 weeks before an election.

Sounds good to me. How about we also limit campaign spending to public funds only.
Bro

OK

Teresa B

Brooks's comments are pretty much on-target. I wonder if all this prolonged campaign idiocy would be mitigated if we enacted one new rule: Limit all campaigning to 6 weeks before an election.

Teresa

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Good for Harvey! I agree, despite our freedom of expression, someone has to call out the ridiculous degree of violence in these movies and video games. At best it inures our young people to depictions of bloody violence, and at worst it inspires some lunatic like the Batman killer to go out and turn...

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It's a sign of our times that young people use the swastika not because of what it symbolizes but just to show what naughty boys and girls they are, and to gross out their elders. It's about punk, not politics. ...And what a shame that they would be so clueless as to think the swastika could ever r...

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I don't disagree with the idea of teaching it better, but would add that the background math needs to be taught better too, all the way back to grade school. My own son fell behind as early as 3rd grade, later took Algebra 1 twice, then flunked Algebra 2 until he took it online with me sitting behin...

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Thanks for the update on Ralph, Donald. I wish him the very best for the quickest recovery possible.

Teresa

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Tarantella picked up the wording of the Schnabel quotation from me, so I'm the guilty party. Well, I wouldn't convict you or anyone based on the other quote. :) I think the one you elaborated on in your last post is probably correct, and there is a fine difference, considering the specific terms "s...

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And the words, "Mozart is too simple for children and too difficult for adults" is an Oscar Wilde-type epithet which is rhetoric. Mozart was NEVER too simple for children, else there would be many more of them playing his music and ending up in conservatories. It's a smart, glib comment which tells...

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