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Re: Aria and reprise



Hi, I have no idea what the complete Gould catalog of Byrd and Gibbons is. I just own the Consort and it's just about the dreamiest album in my collection.
 
Okay, about the Tangent Piano ... I am also clueless. But would anyone like to talk about The Glass Harmonica, an instrument Benjamin Franklin invented, and Mozart instantly fell in love with and composed quite a bit of some of his best music for. It was the rage of European music for a couple of decades.
 
The buzz is that the lead in the crystal seeps into your fingers and bloodstream as it's dissolved in the water you constantly have to wet your fingers in. (Are there any other known Fatal Musical Instruments?) So, like the Mad Hatter (who treated felt with mercury), the Glass Harmonica fell out of style.
 
But a few Brave (or whacked) Souls still sneak around and play it, and record it. Beautiful music! Beautiful!
 
Bob / Elmer