Klarinet Archive - Posting 000058.txt from 2005/05

From: Oliver Seely <oseely@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] blue birds
Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 13:52:17 -0400

At least Vernon Duke didn't write it as July or August in Paris! Either=20
one would be laughable.

Even June has its idiosyncracies. Two years ago when I was there I got=20
stuck in the Danish House of La Cit=E9 universitaire, on the 5th floor with=
=20
one window and a skylight. Thank goodness for the skylight. The first=20
week felt like August, with the humidity. When my French class was over=20
all I could think about doing was going back to my room, taking off my=20
clothes and opening the window and the skylight for whatever breeze there=20
was. One's tolerance DOES improve but first you have to get over jet lag=20
and then become acclimated to the weather. I did, and the rest of my trip=
=20
was wonderful.

I've been there in June in which all but three days were glorious and other=
=20
ones in which all but three days were miserable. April's differences are=20
about the same, if a little colder. Still, it is Paris. Just give me 10=20
minutes to pack!

Oliver

At 10:13 AM 5/3/2005, you wrote:

>One April, a friend of Vernon Duke's, inspired by his famous song "April
>in Paris," decided to spend the month there. The weather was terrible.
>Upon his return, the traveler complained at great length about his
>disappointing trip. "Whatever made you go to Paris in April?" Duke
>asked. "The weather is always terrible then." "I went because of your
>song!" the friend cried. "Ah," the composer replied apologetically,
>"Well, we really meant May, but the rhythm required two syllables."
>
>Claudia

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