I was referring to that tale told in U.S. music appreciation classes about Lully's death. But perhaps it is true. I decided to check with Nicolas Slonimsky (Baker's Biographical Dictionary):
[Lully's] death resulted from a symbolic accident: while conducting, he vehemently struck his foot with a sharp-pointed cane used to pound out the beat; gangrene set in and he died of blood poisoning. What is a "symbolic accident"? Is that when you lose control of your auto and smash into the Eiffel Tower? Arthur. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean-Marie Poirier" <[1]jmpoiri...@wanadoo.fr> To: <[2]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 5:32 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Beating time for Lully > Arthur, > Don't be worried about that ! Franc,ois Xavier Roth, the conductor, (no connection with Philip ;-) is in very good health altogether ! > > Best wishes, > > Jean-Marie > ================================= > > == En reponse au message du 16-03-2011, 10:12:13 == > >>Arto, >> >>Yes, a wonderful performance. I was however worried that the conductor >>might hit his gout-infested toe with that big cane. I wonder if there's any >>truth in that old tale. >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: <[3]wi...@cs.helsinki.fi> >>To: <[4]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> >>Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 3:39 AM >>Subject: [LUTE] Re: Beating time for Lully >> >> >>> >>> Thanks Daniel, >>> >>> great music and great performance! And it is nice to hear the "Marche" >>> played in majestic, not hectic, tempo! Lully rules! :-) >>> >>> Btw, who are the theorbists? >>> >>> Arto >>> >>> >>> On 16/03/11 07:22, Daniel F Heiman wrote: >>>> Literally: >>>> [5]http://www.citedelamusiquelive.tv/Concert/0940463.html >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Daniel >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>>> [6]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >>> >>> >> >> > > ======================================== > > -- References 1. mailto:jmpoiri...@wanadoo.fr 2. mailto:lute@cs.dartmouth.edu 3. mailto:wi...@cs.helsinki.fi 4. mailto:lute@cs.dartmouth.edu 5. http://www.citedelamusiquelive.tv/Concert/0940463.html 6. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
