Biopetition

[bignaf]

i think I know Z, but still don't have X and Y.
the composer of Z is famous in general, right?

[Trumpetmaster]

Shos,

Did the composer of Ballet X start his career as an accompanist and chorus master and also spend time as an organist?

TM

[shostakovich]

Hi Big. Very famous.

Hi TM. A quick check of my ancient encyclopedias shows that he studied organ and attended the Scuola Cantorum, so you may be onto something. He was a seaman early on, and came to serious music study in his mid 20s.
Shos

[piqaboo]

The composer was "Lucky Jack" Aubrey ??? <mindboggled icon>

[Bones]

Originally posted by shostakovich:
... He was a seaman early on, and came to serious music study in his mid 20s.
Shos

I think he was an officer rather than a seaman (if memory serves correctly). Also, I believe he served in the First World War, but not in the navy.

[shostakovich]

I just checked my 2 ancient encyclopedias. One says "midshipman", the other "ensign". My beautiful, new, but short encyclopedia excludes our guy. My recordings of Ballets X and Y give no biographical info. Other recordings that I have also ignore his bio. I had to resort to an old 6-page bio that I rarely reference. This was the only one to mention WWI service (ambulance, motor transport).

I don't know why I bothered. Bones's research always proves correct.
Shos

[OperaTenor]

Originally posted by shostakovich:

I don't know why I bothered. Bones's research always proves correct.
Shos

Because we all tag along on your coattails, as well as Bones'.

[OperaTenor]

Am I the only one who saw the answers Shos posted?!

[Shapley]

Apparently. When and where was it posted?

[Selma in Sandy Eggo]

I saw. Don't remember where, exactly, at the moment.

OT: your mailbox is full.

[piqaboo]

Originally posted by OperaTenor:
Am I the only one who saw the answers Shos posted?!

I think one could unravel the mystery of where, and rustle up the answers, if one thought it were a matter of life and death.

[OperaTenor]

Originally posted by piqaboo:
I think one could unravel the mystery of where, and rustle up the answers, if one thought it were a matter of life and death.

It's not?

As to where Shos posted them, it would be in one of his political threads he started recently, can't remember which one.

Guess you'll just have to painstakingly reread them all...

:p

PS. Selma, I dumped some of the clutter.

<small>[ 03-29-2006, 07:02 PM: Message edited by: OperaTenor ]</small>

[shostakovich]

I remember burying it near the end of some post --- just as a test of who bothers to read them. And the winner is -------- OT. My sympathies.

Anyway, X is The Spider's Feast. Y is Bacchus et Ariane, both by Albert Roussel. Z is Daphnis and Chloe by Ravel.

Sneaky Shos

[piqaboo]

originally posted by piqaboo:
I think one could unravel the mystery of where, and rustle up the answers, if one thought it were a matter of life and death

Ok, I'll spell it out.... :p

ravel Ravel
rustle ~ homonym for Roussel
Thread was Shos's "Thoughts About Death"
(post was about his 3rd on the thread. )

[Shapley]

Well, I'll admit that I didn't read the 'thoughts about death thread'. I did read the first post, but decided I had already added my thoughts about death in another thread, so I treaded no further through the thread of death.

V/R
Shapley

[OperaTenor]

Once again, she's way too witty for the likes of me....

[shostakovich]

I'm impressed, too. Nice work, Piq.
Shos