Klarinet Archive - Posting 000903.txt from 2002/11

From: CBA <clarinet10001@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Poulenc Sextet for Winds and Piano
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 00:02:11 -0500

Gary,

I think the original question was about Poulenc, a relatively
known piece of music he wrote, and a dedication to a person that
is explained in more than one of the liner notes I have read on
a CD with this Poulenc piece on it. This is not an obscure
composer or piece Kimberley asked about.

Kelly Abraham
Woodwinds - New York City
--- Gary Truesdail <gir@-----.net> wrote:
> Don't worry about it, they are just having fun. There have
> been several
> students that tried to get quick answers without ever learning
> a thing
> about research.
>
> However, I do agree with you to some degree. When I was going
> to college
> we were told in high school you learn how to write a report.
> When
> working for a bachelors degree you learn where the library is,
> how it
> can be used and how to write a report. When working for your
> Masters
> you learn the names and locations of the worlds most
> authoritative
> reference works and you had better be writing your papers
> correctly by
> now. When working for your Doctorate you do the same thing
> but you are
> supposed to come up with something new for the world. But
> there is a
> catch here. Sometimes, at this level, the info you are
> seeking may be
> known to only a few people in obscure places on the planet or
> they may
> be the only ones that know where the info can be located.
> Info, that so
> few people have come across that it may not be written in any
> book that
> is or was in even limited distribution, such as other doctoral
> candidates papers that never got published but may exist maybe
> at
> Oxford. I had a friend that came up against the very same
> problem and
> after asking others instead of digging into the available
> printed
> materials was able to prove that one of works attributed to
> Hayden was
> not his work at all. She found the necessary evidence in the
> protected
> archives in the dungeons of Oxford.
>
> Sometimes it is just faster to ask.
>
> My 2 centavos worth
>
> GaryT
>
> Robert wrote:
> >
> .........---------......*******

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