"Sonnet 128" is the 128th of William Shakespeare’s sonnets, and the second of two musical sonnets. Its number suggests, like Sonnet 8, the octave of the scale as well as the 12 notes on the keyboard inside each octave.
How oft, when thou, my music, music play’st
Upon that blessed wood whose motion sounds
With thy sweet fingers when thou gently sway’st
The wiry concord that mine ear confounds,
Do I envy those jacks that nimble leap,
To kiss the tender inward of thy hand,
Whilst my…
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Added by Constantin Bruma on November 11, 2009 at 10:38pm —
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The Expression
by Mario Benedetti
Milton Estomba had been a child prodigy. When he was seven years old, he could already play Brahms's Sonata Op. 5, No. 3, and when he was eleven, his concert tour throughout major cities in the u.s. and Europe was accompanied by unanimous public and critical acclaim.
However, when he became twenty years old, one could see that the young pianist had undergone a transformation. He had started to become inordinately preoccupied with pompous gestures, the os…
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"On 23 September, at 15…
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Added by Maria Clara Assunção on September 23, 2009 at 12:00pm —
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College term paper writing is in reality not a child’s play as I thought when I first time was given to write a
college term paper . I gladly started writing my college term papers but soon realized that I would need some great help if I have to finish them on time. Well, as it is very obvious that most of the students rush to internet when it comes to find college term paper guidelines. But it is not so easy to find the guidelines which you need most.…
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Added by jimmy on August 10, 2009 at 9:18am —
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Today, by 15:30, will be signing the Donation of Santiago Kastner's papers to the National Library of Portugal.
«Macario Santiago Kastner (1908-1992), musicologist, instrumentalist, teacher, lecturer, critic, was born in London where he began their musical studies. Later, studied harpsichord and piano in the Netherlands and Germany, and Musicology and construction of key instruments. From 1929 it was installed in Barcelona, continuing studies of Musicology with Higino Anglès and key instruments…
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Added by Maria Clara Assunção on July 15, 2009 at 12:30pm —
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Dear members, for the first time, I banned a member and I think that it is my duty to inform you the reasons I did that because this is a democratic space for free opinions and with no censorship.
I banned a girl(?) using the name Jess Cross because I found out that she is in several lists with different identities (Arianne Callahan, Melisandra Rivas and what else?) and she left messages in those lists with links to pornography. That's why.
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Added by Maria Clara Assunção on June 2, 2009 at 12:32pm —
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At the IAML Conference in Naples two staff members of the Netherlands Radio Music Library were present, Martie Severt in his capacity of President of IAML and yours truly. On Thursday, July 24th, I presented the music library’s repertoire catalogue during the so-called poster sessions. This new feature at IAML Conferences “place[s] an expert about a given topic directly in front of conference attendees, many of whom will find great value in the abil
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Added by Eric van Balkum on May 27, 2009 at 1:00pm —
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The traditional Portuguese music is well. And it will have, from April, a ethno-musical map online at the Centro Virtual Camões, which shows the distribution by area of music and musical instruments characteristic of each region, allowing even read about and listen to explanatory texts and illustrative pieces.
The project is by the author Julio Pereira, one of the most active players who have developed the preservation of Portuguese traditional instruments, and the collaboration of producer and…
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Added by Maria Clara Assunção on April 15, 2009 at 10:00am —
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February 17, by 16:00, will take place at the National Library of Portugal the gift of portuguese conductor and composer Joly Braga Santos' manuscripts. Born in Lisbon on 14 May 1924, José Manuel Joly Braga Santos showed a early musical talent and began to study violin at six years. He stu…
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Added by Maria Clara Assunção on February 11, 2009 at 12:30pm —
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Is running since January 22 until February 19 in the Foyer of the Open Foyer of
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon, a cycle of concerts for voice and piano, entitled "Augusto Machado and his time" organized by Maestro João Paulo Santos. This cycle, which runs on Thursdays, provides a comprehensive overview of
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Added by Maria Clara Assunção on February 2, 2009 at 1:30pm —
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I thank
Pedro Penteado for this information.
«The Quebec Chapter of CAML is pleased to announce its first annual meeting,which will take place on Friday, October 24, 2008, at Laval University inQuebec City.
This one-day meeting is the successor to the Quebec Music Libraries Meeting/ Rencontre des bibliothèqu…
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Added by Maria Clara Assunção on September 22, 2008 at 4:00pm —
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I suggest the first modern audition of the aria
Beatissimae Virginis, from Responsórios da Imaculada Conceição (4 voices and orchestra) by Marcos Portugal, performed from the
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Added by Maria Clara Assunção on September 4, 2008 at 5:30pm —
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Recentely created by the brasilian musicologist and conductor Ricardo Bernardes the channel
Americantiga (Early America). An opportunity to a first contact with the music of portuguese and luso-brasilian composers of the 18-19 cent.: Marcos Portugal (Lisboa, 1762 — Rio de Janeir
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Added by Maria Clara Assunção on September 2, 2008 at 11:00am —
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em português.
It's online the
IAML Newsletter, nr 29 (August 2008).
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em português.
It's online the
IAML Newsletter, nr 28 (May 2008).
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Added by Maria Clara Assunção on June 4, 2008 at 10:00am —
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It's online the IAML Newsletter, n.º 27 (December 2008)
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Este post em português.
Received from Nicholas Cook, by the IAML-List:
«For the last three years the Hofmeister XIX project, based at Royal
Holloway, University of London with funding from the Arts and Humanities
Research Council, has been creating a web-based database of the
Hofmeister _Monatsberichte_ for the period 1829-1900. The
_Monatsberichte_ (monthly catalogues issued by Friedrich
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