IIRC Respighi specifies the exact record he wants in the score (Concert
Gramophone Company #1060 or something like that). Real birds would be fun
but definitely a gloss (like the time I went to The Bartered Bride in
Bloomington and my companion thrilled to the real chickens  on stage).

Aaron J. Rabushka
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 6:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: Can you spot the fake?


> At 11:43 PM -0400 5/6/07, Aaron Rabushka wrote:
> >Hmm--I wonder if Respighi's nightengale (sp?) record caused the same
furor.
> >(Not to mention that it may take a period-instrument mindset to bring it
off
> >with a 78-rpm turntable rather than a laptop computer nowadays!)
>
> Don't be silly, Aaron.  A true period-instrument person would insist
> on using a real nightingale, or possible a small flock of them, since
> it has proved rather difficult to train birds to respond to a
> conductor's cues.  Somewhat like opera singers.
>
> John
>
>
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