Klarinet Archive - Posting 000344.txt from 1996/12

From: "Tracy J. Skondin" <tjs0005@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Opus
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 20:37:24 -0500

I love it! That's great. Thanks for keeping us on our toes.

In Christo,

Tracy jay

On Wed, 11 Dec 1996, Gary Young wrote:

> This stuff about "opus" is all very confusing. If "opera" is the plural =
> of "opus," then what is "operas" the plural of? If "opera" is plural, =
> then, listening to Wozzeck, may one ask: "How many other opera did Berg =
> write?"? How could Wozzeck be both Berg's opera and also Berg's opus =
> (namely opus 7)? Is "opus" derived from the nineteenth-century English =
> expression "Oh Puss!," with which clarinettists then chastised their =
> chronically misbehaving cats? Was "Wozzeck" -- i.e. Berg's Oh Puss! 7 =
> -- the name of Berg's seventh cat? Did Wozzeck the cat have an =
> "operation" or an "opusation"? (I ask these questions in public with =
> considerable trepidation.)
>

Everyone's Caucasion Friend,
Tracy Jay Skondin
tjs0005@-----.edu
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En Christo vivimos, en Christo morrimos.

" Vengan a mi todo que labor y te dare' comodo
Toque mi burden y aprender de mi.
Porque soy gentil y mi corazo'n esta' pobre
Y encontraras seguridad en tus almas
Es facil porque mi burden esta' ligero."
<Take 6>
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