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[F_minor] dance those winter blues away [was:] something Gouldwould like: Gibbons on piano



I don't know why (and nobody should particularly care), but Byrd's
"Sellinger's Round" on GG's "Consort" absolutely mesmerizes me. I just
found this odd bit, and in case the winter blues have you down as they do
Fred and me, here's a traditional dance to "Sellinger's Round." Push back
the parlo(u)r furniture and dance it the way they did in Byrd's day (1543?
- 1623).

This is from a University of Maryland site of a lady who calls herself
Eowyn and belongs to a historical dance troupe called Thrir Venstri Foetr
-- Old Norse for Three Left Feet.

Bob / Massachusetts USA

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In all of these dances (unless marked otherwise), the man will be standing
to the left of the woman he is partnering. Men offer their hands palm up to
the women, generally aim to have the hands be at the woman's waist. For
more explanation on the basic steps, see Basic Figures.

Sellinger's Round

Circle Dance For Couples
All form a circle, woman on partner's right side.

A1
    Take hands, 8 Slip Steps left. 
A2
    Take hands, 8 Slip Steps right.

B1
    Single Forward, Single Forward, clap. Double Back, face partner, Set
and Turn. 
B2
    Single Forward, Single Forward, clap. Double Back, face partner, Set
and Turn.

A1
    All take hands, crouching down a bit, Double Forward into the center,
standing up as you go, raise hands and yell 'Hey', Double Back. 
A2
    Crouching down a bit, Double Forward into the center, standing up as
you go, raise hands and yell 'Hey', Double Back.

B1
    Single Forward, Single Forward, clap. Double Back, face partner, Set
and Turn. 
B2
    Single Forward, Single Forward, clap. Double Back, face partner, Set
and Turn.

A1
    Side right with partner. 
A2
    Side left with partner.

B1
    Single Forward, Single Forward, clap. Double Back, face partner, Set
and Turn. 
B2
    Single Forward, Single Forward, clap. Double Back, face partner, Set
and Turn.

A1
    Arm right with partner. 
A2
    Arm left with partner.

B1
    Single Forward, Single Forward, clap. Double Back, face partner, Set
and Turn. 
B2
    Single Forward, Single Forward, clap. Double Back, face partner, Set
and Turn. 

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> [Original Message]
> From: Houpt, Fred <fred.houpt@rbc.com>
> To: paul wiener <pwiener@ms.cc.sunysb.edu>; Brad Lehman <bpl@umich.edu>;
<f_minor@email.rutgers.edu>
> Date: 3/14/2008 10:59:29 AM
> Subject: RE: [F_minor] something Gould would like: Gibbons on piano
>
> Hi Paul.   You wonder what attracted Gibbons to Gould? You could just as
> well ask why he was so very attracted to dissonant modern music?  Who
> knows?  Gibbons, for me, sounds very organized and tuneful, at a very
> early stage of counterpoint.  The beauty that Gould reveals is as usual
> at the textural level.  While the tunes are quaint to our ears now, they
> are lovely in their own way.   They don't offend the ear like Gesualdo
> (one of my favorites) with his crashing dissonance.  Gibbons sounds like
> courtly music which of course it was.  In the end, who can understand
> why Glenn liked anything?  It is a mystery we just accept.  
>
> I was listening to some Beethoven sonatas on my IMAC and I must say that
> Glenn just ripped through some of them at such a ridiculous speed that I
> just sat there, shook my head and said, no Glenn, that's just absurd.
> But, that is why it is called an interpretation.  (And just when I
> thought he had shredded the essence of a fast movement, he totally
> transformed the air with celestial calm in the slower movements; it was
> like your brain waves were completely set into a different and pleasant
> gear....amazing).
>
> I recently bought at least 3 historic recordings of the 3 or 4 most
> recorded Beethoven sonatas; Appassionata, Waldstein, Moonlight,
> Pathetique, Les Adieux...etc.  I got: Walter Gieseking, Serkin,
> Rubinstein.  Each plays these chestnuts so totally differently and they
> say so many different things.  There are surprises in each.  Who is to
> say that anyone ever plays these pieces in a perfect way?  For me it is
> a foolish enterprise to find a perfect interpretation.  We pick and
> choose our favorites by what we feel or think and that's just fine.
>
> All the best to everyone.  I long for this blasted winter to end...way
> too much snow already....
>
> Fred Houpt
> Toronto
>
> [snip]


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