Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ha! And thanks! --Peter On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 4:11 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Peter, I'm impressed with your talent. The only notes I have control of > are in my wallet, and sadly I can barely manage them... > However, your photo reminded me of this. > > A tourist in Vienna is going through a graveyard and all of a sudden he > hears music. No one is around, so he starts searching for the source. > > He finally locates the origin and finds it is coming from a grave with a > headstone that reads: "Ludwig von Beethoven, 1770-1827". Then he realizes > that the music is Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and it is being played > backwards! > > Puzzled, he leaves the graveyard and persuades a friend to return with him. > > By the time they arrive back at the grave, the music has changed. This time > it is the Seventh Symphony, but like the previous piece, it is being played > backwards. > > Curious, the men agree to consult a music scholar. When they return with > the > expert, the Fifth Symphony is playing, again backwards. The expert notices > that the symphonies are being played in the reverse order in which they > were > composed, the 9th, then the 7th, then the 5th. > > By the next day the word has spread, and a crowd has gathered around the > grave. They are all listening to the Second Symphony being played > backwards. > Just then the graveyard's caretaker ambles up to the group. > > Someone in the group asks him if he has an explanation for the music. > > "I would have thought it was obvious," the caretaker says. "He's > decomposing." > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Klein" <pklein at threshinc.com> > To: "lug" <lug at leica-users.org>; <olympus at thomasclausen.net>; > <leicareflex at freelists.org> > Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 7:28 AM > Subject: [Leica] IMG: Composing > > > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/29770630846/in/da >> teposted-public/> >> Click on photo to enlarge a bit. >> >> This photo combines three of my interests: Composing, bassoon playing and >> photography. I'm re-notating a bassoon duet that I wrote B.C. (Before >> Computers). It's a great way to learn my new notation program, and the >> program will generate an electronic performance from score once I'm done. >> >> The weird-looking keyboard behind the MIDI piano keyboard is a Kinesis >> ergonomic keyboard. I've used this model for years. It really saves wear >> and tear on the hands. Leica M Monochrom and Voigtlander 21/4 Skopar. >> Enjoy! >> >> --Peter >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >