RE: GG: Beethoven/Liszt Fifth Symphony

["Junichi Miyazawa" <walkingtune@bigfoot.com>]

Hello Tim and all,

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> 
> With this oft-stringent note let man now pause,
> That who shall hear it, sounding thus, shall see,
> That euphony's the one, sure, sacred cause.
> 
> Let them who hear take leave of octave doublings.
> 
> Let them also flee to that secured and effortless repose,
> The repose that comes with that tintinnabulating(*) key.
> 
> And let them do so with that quiet confidence which knows that
> Here was a note, here was a middle C.
> 
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> 
> With this sometimes distressing note ringing in our ears let us now pause.
> 
> Let's hope that all people who hear the note sounding like that realise
> That euphony is the only safe (and sacred!) cause.
> 
> May such listeners never use octave doublings.
> 
> Let's hope, instead, that they come to anchor themselves
> On that nice-sounding key...
> 
> ...the one about which we all can confidently say
> Here is a *real* note for a key, here is middle C.
> 
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Oh, they make sense to me very much.  
Thank you for good paraphrasings.

I have a question:
Does the word "tintinnabulating" sound humorous, or funny?
It does for me, for it is an onomatopoeia which seems rather
unexpected.  What do you, native speakers, think?

Regards,

Junichi