Klarinet Archive - Posting 001086.txt from 1998/10

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Basset Questions
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 03:55:14 -0500

Mostly, yes - but french was the court language in Prussia for a while,
and elsewhere in Germany, too, I think. I could find out details, but it
would be a bit un_klarinettish.
Roger Shilcock

On Sat, 24 Oct 1998, Dee D. Hays wrote:

> Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 08:58:40 -0500
> From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.com>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet <klarinet@-----.org>
> Subject: Re: [kl] Basset Questions
>
> ----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
> To: klarinet@-----.org>
> Date: Saturday, October 24, 1998 3:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [kl] Basset Questions
>
>
> >
> >"Basset..." no doubt uses bits of French words. However, French was all
> >the rage in 18th century Germany.
> >Roger S.
>
>
> Actually wasn't that true throughout Europe? You weren't considered
> properly educated unless you knew French?
>
> Dee Hays
> Canton, SD
>
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