Klarinet Archive - Posting 000155.txt from 1998/03

From: "Scott Morrow" <sdm@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: "Marching to Oblivion"
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 12:21:28 -0500

Andy,
Of course, I was going to say the exact same thing!
But I was going to do it in iambic pentameter...
Perhaps a limerick?

Good job!

-Scott

Scott D. Morrow
DNA Synthesis Core Facility
Department of Biochemistry
The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health
Baltimore, MD 21205
(410) 955-3631
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From: Agrenci <Agrenci@-----.com>
Date: Monday, March 02, 1998 11:27 PM
Subject: "Marching to Oblivion"

>"Marching to Oblivion"
>
>Each day I sit and download mail about the "klarinet."
>I don't write much, because I'm much too busy practicing, and yet,
>I always hope to find a thoughtful comment.
>
>But lately, now since Leeson's gone and no one writes of Mozart,
>Or Brahms, or Mahler, or of Strauss so heavy is my heart.
>I pray for change to come at any moment.
>
>For now it seems that all we ever talk of on this list
>Is whether our dear marching bands are right or wrongly "dissed:"
>A question of supremely profound portent.
>
>Of course, I'm sure, the day of our deliverance is at hand,
>When all will tire of this constant talk of marching band,
>And turn our thoughts to something more important.
>
>Until then I'll remain so firmly glued here to my seat
>And use unceremoniously the button marked "delete."
>But, fairly, I must mention a new topic.
>
>What does the little breath mark mean when used by French composers?
>To breath, or break, or take some time, or go home for a dozer?
>Or take a sweet vacation someplace tropic?
>
>Andy Grenci