On 2015-05-07 10:26 PM, Geoff Gaherty wrote:
Excuse my poor handwritten tablature; I'm just starting to learn
MuseScore. I can play this version, so it's pretty easy.
I've now entered the tablature in MuseScore:
On 2015-05-08 11:48 AM, Robert Clair wrote:
You could, if you like, argue that Shakespeare was a better writer
than Ms. Mantel and Mike Poulton (who did the RSC adaptation) but is
there any fundamental difference in what they are doing?
Hi Bob,
I think you're correct that Shakespeare adapted
Which brings up a question for Ron: Does your antipathy to historical
fiction extend to the Shakespeare history plays? You could, if you
like, argue that Shakespeare was a better writer than Ms. Mantel and
Mike Poulton (who did the RSC adaptation) but is there any fundamental
Some rather sweeping generalizations here.
Iâm currently reading Wolf Hall. My knowledge of Tudor England is not what it
could be so the book often sends me Googling. I every case Iâve encountered
so far it seems that Ms. Mantel has done her research.
As for adaptations - while I
Ah, someone who's been taken in by the Wolf Hall production. No,
there's no difference (except Shakespeare was GREAT) between Wolf Hall
Shakespeare -- Mantel has done indeed much research, but Wolf Hall is
no more worthy of history than Shakespeare (though Shakespeare is great
Dear fellow-travelers--
Another installment of my glacially-paced Dufault recording project:
[1]https://youtu.be/7nJJDl-WNVQ
The first of the group is here: [2]https://youtu.be/SVzgYxzihkM
Apologies to those who have already gotten their dose of this recording
via social media,
Much safer to set your plays long ago in a distant galaxy, or, in
Shakespeare's case, upstate New York (Ithaca, Syracuse, etc.)
Geoff, in my experience, the setting of modern Ithaca is indeed in a
different galaxy peopled by an unusual race that dwell in ivory towers,
in
Dear Markus and Peter,
Perhaps I might belatedly add some additional information from a source
I should have consulted when we discussed these
works, Peter. It is a bit confusing, and even expert music catalogers
and bibliographers have been lead astray.
Beginning in the 16th