RE: [Hornlist] Today Is

[Steven Ovitsky]

George Plimpton got all of the horn information from Bob (A. Robert) Johnson
in New York.  Bob was in the New York Philharmonic and is founder and
artistic director of the New York Philomusica. George was on his board of
directors for many years and was one of Bob's close friends.  

Cheers,
Steven Ovitsky


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One more Sidd Finch thought, to hold us over until next year: the 
excerpt below, from the 1985 Sports Illustrated article, contains some 
specific horn information and attitude.  Author George Plimpton must 
have got this from someone, unless he was himself a closet hornist.  Who 
was his confederate?

=
I have heard many great horn players in my career-Bruno Jaenicke, who 
played for Toscanini; Dennis Brain, the great British virtuoso; Anton 
Horner of the Philadelphia Orchestra-and I would say Finch was on a par 
with them. He was playing Benjamine Breitten's Serenade, for tenor horn 
and strings-a haunting, tender piece that provides great space for the 
player-when suddenly he produces a big, evocative bwong sound that 
seemed to shiver the leaves of the trees. Then he shifted to the rondo 
theme from the trio for violin, piano and horn by Brahms-just sensational.
=


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 { Math Dept, Washtenaw Community College }
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Re: [Hornlist] Today Is

[David Goldberg]

One more Sidd Finch thought, to hold us over until next year: the 
excerpt below, from the 1985 Sports Illustrated article, contains some 
specific horn information and attitude.  Author George Plimpton must 
have got this from someone, unless he was himself a closet hornist.  Who 
was his confederate?


=
I have heard many great horn players in my career–Bruno Jaenicke, who 
played for Toscanini; Dennis Brain, the great British virtuoso; Anton 
Horner of the Philadelphia Orchestra–and I would say Finch was on a par 
with them. He was playing Benjamine Breitten’s Serenade, for tenor horn 
and strings–a haunting, tender piece that provides great space for the 
player–when suddenly he produces a big, evocative bwong sound that 
seemed to shiver the leaves of the trees. Then he shifted to the rondo 
theme from the trio for violin, piano and horn by Brahms–just sensational.

=


{  David Goldberg:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]  }
{ Math Dept, Washtenaw Community College }
  { Ann Arbor Michigan }
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RE: [Hornlist] Today Is

[Bill Gross]

The story has been around a long while.  I first heard it while driving
through Central Texas on an NPR station the same week it came out in Sports
Illustrated.  Plimpton was introduced as a reporting a strait story and he
delivered it as such as story should.  I was really believing it, then it
struck me that it was 1 April(much date related shenanigans had occurred in
the office earlier that day) and I was at once both disappointed and filled
with mirth. 

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How sad to know that Sidd Finch is only a bunch of electrons in 
cyberspace. I followed the link

http://www.bostonbaseball.com/whitesox/baseball_extras/sidd.html

to the original article and found:

He was playing Benjamine Breitten's Serenade, for tenor horn and 
strings-a haunting, tender piece that provides great space for the 
player-when suddenly he produces a big, evocative bwong sound that 
seemed to shiver the leaves of the trees.


and so I began working hard on my bwong, but not really 'getting' it. 
Neither my neighbors nor I achieved the implied cathartic shiver. I 
lived to bwing out a bweat big bwong. With the discorporealization of 
Sidd Finch, we're all no-bwongers.

My teacher never taught me bright from bwong, so maybe it's just as well.

So longg, Sidd.

DG





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Re: [Hornlist] Today Is

[David Goldberg]

How sad to know that Sidd Finch is only a bunch of electrons in 
cyberspace. I followed the link


http://www.bostonbaseball.com/whitesox/baseball_extras/sidd.html

to the original article and found:

He was playing Benjamine Breitten’s Serenade, for tenor horn and 
strings–a haunting, tender piece that provides great space for the 
player–when suddenly he produces a big, evocative bwong sound that 
seemed to shiver the leaves of the trees.



and so I began working hard on my bwong, but not really 'getting' it. 
Neither my neighbors nor I achieved the implied cathartic shiver. I 
lived to bwing out a bweat big bwong. With the discorporealization of 
Sidd Finch, we're all no-bwongers.


My teacher never taught me bright from bwong, so maybe it's just as well.

So longg, Sidd.

DG





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RE: [Hornlist] Today Is

[Joe Scarpelli]

All,
Don't pass up the reviews of this book. Being a Yankee fan I didn't pay much
attention to the Mets back then. So last night I questioned my son-in-law
who is a diehard Mets fan. With tears in his eyes he told me the story of
when he was 11 years old he waited in anticipation for this phenom. What 1
year old would doubt a story printed in such a publication as Sports
Illustrated (the Bible for American Sports fanatics) only to find out it was
Plimton's April Fools joke.  


Regards,
Joe 

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On 2 Apr 2006, at 1:53 pm, Joe Scarpelli wrote:

> A quick search produced:
>
> http://www.bostonbaseball.com/whitesox/baseball_extras/sidd.html

And of course for those who want more in depth information:

<http://tinyurl.com/kxc2z>

All the best,
Tom
--
With or without religion,
you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil
things.
But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.


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RE: [Hornlist] Today Is

[Bill Gross]

Thanks, it's good to have that story at hand. 

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A quick search produced:

http://www.bostonbaseball.com/whitesox/baseball_extras/sidd.html


Regards,
Joe 
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I thought it was Sidd Finch -- & if it's the same guy I'm thinking of, 
wasn't he the1st successful major league switch-pitcher.-AC.
  
At 03:41 PM 4/1/2006, you wrote:

Today is the day the world was formally introduced to perhaps one of the
greatest horn players of all times (as well as outstanding professional
baseball pitcher), Sidd Fitch.



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Re: [Hornlist] Today Is

[Tom Warner]

On 2 Apr 2006, at 1:53 pm, Joe Scarpelli wrote:


A quick search produced:

http://www.bostonbaseball.com/whitesox/baseball_extras/sidd.html


And of course for those who want more in depth information:



All the best,
Tom
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you would have good people doing good things
and evil people doing evil things.
But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.


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RE: [Hornlist] Today Is

[Joe Scarpelli]

A quick search produced:

http://www.bostonbaseball.com/whitesox/baseball_extras/sidd.html


Regards,
Joe 
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I thought it was Sidd Finch -- & if it's the same guy I'm thinking of, 
wasn't he the1st successful major league switch-pitcher.-AC.
  
At 03:41 PM 4/1/2006, you wrote:

Today is the day the world was formally introduced to perhaps one of the
greatest horn players of all times (as well as outstanding professional
baseball pitcher), Sidd Fitch.



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Re: [Hornlist] Today Is

[Alan Cole]

I thought it was Sidd Finch -- & if it's the same guy I'm thinking of, 
wasn't he the1st successful major league switch-pitcher.-AC.

 
At 03:41 PM 4/1/2006, you wrote:

Today is the day the world was formally introduced to perhaps one of the
greatest horn players of all times (as well as outstanding professional
baseball pitcher), Sidd Fitch.



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