Klarinet Archive - Posting 000863.txt from 2003/02

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl]A thread for posts unrelated to the subject header
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 22:08:06 -0500

On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 18:04:45 -0500, lelialoban@-----.net said:

> Tony Pay wrote,
>
> > Feel free; here's mine:
> >
> > > Seven ages: first puking and mewling;
> > > Then very pissed off with one's schooling;
> > > Then fucks, and then fights,
> > > Then judging chaps rights,
> > > Then sitting in slippers; then drooling.
> > >
> > > (Robert Conquest)
>
> I'll bet you thought I was here to complain about the dirty word later
> in the poem [reinstated by me]. Ritual nag nag nag, kids on the list
> (who've probably got worse mouths than mine), angry mommies imposing
> e-mail blockers, yadda yadda yadda, okay?
>
> No, I really popped up to add that I enjoyed Tony Wakefield's musical
> version of the same idea, but reduced down to *three* ages (baby,
> brat, codger) for flute, clarinet and oboe:
>
> http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/cgi-bin/showscore.pl?scoreid=19016
>
> The audio on that site is necessarily computer-simulated, but the score
> looks like it would be fun to play.

I applaud your promotion of Tony Wakefield, but I would have expected
you to be here anyway to acknowledge a piece of genius from Robert
Conquest.

What do you mean, 'dirty' word?

Tony
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