No problem here about the promotion. Sounds like a great project. I wish I could donate but I cannot. Good luck! On May 31, 2014 2:20 PM, "Johannes Gebauer" <li...@musikmanufaktur.com> wrote:
> Dear All, > > some will remember me from this list, I used to be quite active, but > these days I am not doing much Finale related work, so I have become > more a silent member. But I am still here, reading the occasional post. > > I don't usually use this list to advertise myself, but in this special > case I want to make an exception and draw your attention to a Crowd > Funding Campaign we are running to record the string quartets of > > Carl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798-1859) > > Reissiger was Kapellmeister in Dresden, where he succeeded Carl Maria > von Weber in 1826. He is hardly known today, partly because his stage > works not the greatest, due to rather poor libretti, and partly probably > because Wagner made some rather biased comments about him. Reissiger > himself was actually one of Wagner's supporters, it was mostly > Reissiger's influence which let to Rienzi and the Flying Dutchman being > premiered in Dresden (Rienzi under Reissigers direction and very > successful, the Dutchman under Wagner, and originally not a success). > Reissiger later supported supported Wagner and performed his music even > after Wagner's flight from Dresden. > > Reissiger wrote 8 (or possibly 9) string quartets, and we are hoping to > record all of them in the next years. This time we are planning to > record the first two, op. 111 No 1 and 2. We think the music is phantastic! > > Have a look at the Crowd Funding Site at: > > http://www.visionbakery.com/reissiger-quartette?ln=en > > There is an English text further down. Unfortunately our film is only in > German - apologies. > > If you think you can spare a few bugs, we welcome every kind of > donation, and perhaps you will find one of our gifts attractive, too. > You can use PayPal to donate. > > Apologies if you object to this kind of self-advertisement. > > Best wishes from Berlin, > Johannes > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu > > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
