tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post1434816163933137195..comments2024-03-15T20:32:39.815+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Classical - the music of the WhitesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-24971341509409991222013-11-14T07:41:59.018+00:002013-11-14T07:41:59.018+00:00Here is the Peanuts strip:
http://blackdutch1.web...Here is the Peanuts strip: <br />http://blackdutch1.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=186645488MikeNassauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12368998887074749581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-47367059850793558092007-10-01T18:33:00.000+01:002007-10-01T18:33:00.000+01:00And another email:Beethoven is black"Worth mentio...<I>And another email:</I><BR/><BR/>Beethoven is black<BR/><BR/>"Worth mentioning for his connection to Beethoven is virtuoso violinist George Bridgetower (1778-1860), the son of a black West Indian servant, who gave the premiere performance of what became known as the Kreutzer Sonata. (Apparently it would have been called the Bridgetower Sonata had not the two men quarreled.)"<BR/><BR/>THAT'S what I was thinking of.I remember the publicity around that book. Even Charles Schultz mentioned it in Peanuts. Lucy is reading an article to Schroeder (who is of course playing his toy piano while Lucy leans her head on the back) about Beethoven being black. Schroeder replies : "you mean to tell me all these years I've been playing soul music?" <BR/><BR/>DavidPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-29738577444833947402007-10-01T17:58:00.000+01:002007-10-01T17:58:00.000+01:00David, follow this link for an unproven story even...David, <A HREF="http://www.straightdope.com/columns/050527.html" REL="nofollow">follow this link</A> for an unproven story even closer to Beethoven.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-51356226787696109022007-10-01T17:55:00.000+01:002007-10-01T17:55:00.000+01:00Another email received:I may be mistaken (I often ...<I>Another email received:</I><BR/><BR/>I may be mistaken (I often am), but I seem to recall reading somewhere that the violinist who premiered Beethoven's Violin Concerto was <A HREF="http://www.mulatto.org/" REL="nofollow">mulatto. </A> <BR/><BR/>Cheers David CavlovicPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-18230665536091102602007-10-01T17:51:00.000+01:002007-10-01T17:51:00.000+01:00Email received from a birthday boy:Hi Bob, Welcome...<I>Email received from a birthday boy:</I><BR/><BR/>Hi Bob, Welcome back from vacation, and congrats on a great story! I hadn't heard of Sodi, but I'm making notes and I really hope to work with him someday. <BR/><BR/>Such a nice way to start my day, because quite coincidentally it's my birthday. Suffice it to say that I'm no longer considered a child prodigy...<BR/><BR/>Best, <A HREF="http://www.naxos.com/conductorinfo/395.htm" REL="nofollow">JMW</A>Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com