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rcurl
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response 192 of 278:
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May 20 03:45 UTC 1999 |
Not Shakespear. However, it is indeed a verse of a song, but not by
Adam (who I also don't know). I thought, in choosing it, that just
the cadance of the words would give away the melody, it is so well
known. In fact, I haven't been able now to get the tune out of my
head.
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senna
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response 193 of 278:
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May 20 04:03 UTC 1999 |
Paul McCartney?
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rcurl
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response 194 of 278:
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May 20 16:00 UTC 1999 |
Not McCartney, but like McCartney, a white male.
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gjharb
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response 195 of 278:
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May 20 19:10 UTC 1999 |
It reminds me of the Christmas Carol "O Holy Night".
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gjharb
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response 196 of 278:
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May 20 19:13 UTC 1999 |
Is this quote by chance from an opera?
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rcurl
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response 197 of 278:
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May 21 00:31 UTC 1999 |
In what way does it remind you of "O Holy Night"?
What makes you think the quote is from an opera? (We usually avoid the "20
questions" approach here, but make observations about form, style,
subject, of course author, etc, which may nor may not be supported). Well,
just this time....that is a provocative question, the answer to which
might just be 'yes'.
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senna
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response 198 of 278:
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May 21 00:44 UTC 1999 |
Andrew Lloyd Webber?
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rcurl
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response 199 of 278:
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May 21 05:30 UTC 1999 |
Not Webber.
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senna
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response 200 of 278:
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May 21 07:51 UTC 1999 |
Stephen Sondheim? :)
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remmers
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response 201 of 278:
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May 21 10:41 UTC 1999 |
I suspect it's from an earlier composer than either Webber or Sondheim,
but have no particular clue as to who it might be.
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md
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response 202 of 278:
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May 21 11:29 UTC 1999 |
Me neither. It's the sort of sugary hackneyed verse
that makes me ill, so I can't go back a reread it. Is it
a translation or something?
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rcurl
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response 203 of 278:
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May 21 17:11 UTC 1999 |
Not Sondheim, and it is earlier than either. It is also a translation.
Here is another selection from the same work:
Sweet avowal, pledge of our love,
You are mine, our hearts foever are united.
Ah! do you comprehend this eternal joy
Of silent hearts?
Living, to be one in soul, and with a single flight
To soar to heaven:
Ah, let my flame
Bring warmth into your day
Open your soul
To the rays of love!
(stage direction)
You flee from me? What have I done?
You do not answer....
Speak! Have I wounded you? Ah!
I'll follow your steps!
(..its not all sweetness and light..)
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md
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response 204 of 278:
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May 21 17:20 UTC 1999 |
Well, at least that one didn't have zephyrs.
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senna
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response 205 of 278:
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May 21 17:22 UTC 1999 |
(just covering my rock opera options)
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rcurl
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response 206 of 278:
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May 21 17:30 UTC 1999 |
Zephyrs sell...it might help to know the work has been made into a movie.
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davel
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response 207 of 278:
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May 22 01:09 UTC 1999 |
Well, *that* one sounds a bit like Gilbert, but the first one did not. But
I guess I'll guess him anyway.
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rcurl
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response 208 of 278:
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May 22 04:24 UTC 1999 |
Not Gilbert, but you got them both pegged as comic opera librettists, and
they also flourished in the same period.
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remmers
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response 209 of 278:
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May 22 11:35 UTC 1999 |
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md
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response 210 of 278:
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May 22 23:51 UTC 1999 |
Okay, a dead white male who wrote comic
opera libretti in the late 19th century
in some language other than English.
Does anyone have a list of them guys?
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rcurl
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response 211 of 278:
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May 23 00:53 UTC 1999 |
This guy wrote or collaborated on the libretti for at least seven operas,
if that helps....
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arianna
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response 212 of 278:
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May 23 03:55 UTC 1999 |
It deosn't sound much like Menotti...he's not quite as cliche...
And I'd guess Kurt Weill, though that's a shot in the dark...
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rcurl
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response 213 of 278:
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May 23 05:03 UTC 1999 |
Not Weill.
Maybe if I hum a little of the melody....
mm m mm m | m-m m mm m | m-m m mm m | mmm mm o |
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rcurl
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response 214 of 278:
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May 23 05:52 UTC 1999 |
I meant to also say that, while Weill was a composer, this libettist was
not, to my knowledge, a composer (though it is hard to find biographical
information about librettists, as you have probably found out...).
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md
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response 215 of 278:
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May 23 11:18 UTC 1999 |
R. Strauss's librettist was Hofmannsthal.
Bizet's librettist for Carmen I don't know,
but it was based on a novel by Merimeee'.
Is it Offenbach's librettist?
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rcurl
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response 216 of 278:
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May 23 16:12 UTC 1999 |
Who was Offenbach's librettist?
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