COMPLETE [BIO] Twelve Good Musicians - kiki

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » July 24th, 2019, 5:29 pm

Twelve Good Musicians: From John Bull to Henry Purcell by Frederick Bridge (1844 - 1924).

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Brief sketches of the lives and music of 12 well-known musicians. ( KevinS)

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KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » July 24th, 2019, 5:30 pm

I will DPL, with one exception. I would like to read the chapter for Henry Purcell (Ch. 12, with Note.)

The book is also available here: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39935. If this is more convenient for readers, I can replace the source material's link to this.

These are the musicians covered:

I. DR JOHN BULL, 1563 (?)—1628
II. WILLIAM BYRD, 1542-3—1623
III. THOMAS MORLEY, 1557—1603
IV. THOMAS WEELKES, 1575 (?)—1623
V. ORLANDO GIBBONS, 1583—1625
VI. RICHARD DEERING, 1580 (?)—1630
VII. JOHN MILTON, 1553—1646-7
VIII. HENRY LAWES, 1595—1662
IX. MATTHEW LOCKE, 1630 (?)—1677
X. PELHAM HUMFREY, 1647—1674
XI. DR JOHN BLOW, 1648—1708
XII. HENRY PURCELL, 1658—1695

Post by **Kikisaulite** » July 25th, 2019, 5:57 am

Hi, Kevin!
I will set this one up for you.
I think we'd better use the Gutenberg link as text source, as it is much easier to work with than the archive scan.

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » July 25th, 2019, 6:01 am

Kikisaulite wrote: ↑July 25th, 2019, 5:57 am Hi, Kevin!
I will set this one up for you.
I think we'd better use the Gutenberg link as text source, as it is much easier to work with than the archive scan.

Thank you! Agreed on PG.

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » July 26th, 2019, 8:59 am

Chapter 12 uploaded, as well as the Introductory.

Post by **Kikisaulite** » July 26th, 2019, 9:19 am

Kevin, will you be adding approximate word/page counts for other chapters, so that potential readers know what they are getting into?
If so than I will wait for you to add them before moving to Readers Wanted.

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » July 26th, 2019, 9:25 am

Kikisaulite wrote: ↑July 26th, 2019, 9:19 am Kevin, will you be adding approximate word/page counts for other chapters, so that potential readers know what they are getting into?
If so than I will wait for you to add them before moving to Readers Wanted.

That's a good idea. Yes, please wait for that. I'll do that today for certain.

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » July 26th, 2019, 9:51 am

Kikisaulite wrote: ↑July 26th, 2019, 9:19 am Kevin, will you be adding approximate word/page counts for other chapters, so that potential readers know what they are getting into?
If so than I will wait for you to add them before moving to Readers Wanted.

All done! That was easier than I thought it would be.

Post by **Kikisaulite** » July 26th, 2019, 10:07 am

Good! Moving to Readers Wanted.

K.

2839reader · Post by **2839reader** » July 26th, 2019, 1:59 pm

Hi, claim sections one and two please.

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » July 26th, 2019, 2:03 pm

2839reader wrote: ↑July 26th, 2019, 1:59 pm Hi, claim sections one and two please.

Gosh, that's excellent. If you want to take one to begin with, I won't mind, but I'll put you down for both.

I'm really excited to see interest in this subject. I was feeling very nerdy, or whatever the word might be.

sophiagannaoui · Post by **sophiagannaoui** » July 27th, 2019, 7:28 pm

Hi! May I claim chapter 4 please?

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » July 27th, 2019, 7:39 pm

sophiagannaoui wrote: ↑July 27th, 2019, 7:28 pm Hi! May I claim chapter 4 please?

That would be wonderful! I'll mark you down for Chapter 4 but ask that you complete the one-minute test. You'll get a lot of good feedback from that test. (I heard your recording and your voice is nice and clear, but someone will be able to help you soon with the hiss that one hears in your set-up.)

I will add you as soon as I learn how to add a new reader to our system. (I'm am the WORST computer person!)

Welcome aboard!

EDIT: You're in the system!

sophiagannaoui · Post by **sophiagannaoui** » July 27th, 2019, 7:43 pm

KevinS wrote: ↑July 27th, 2019, 7:39 pm
sophiagannaoui wrote: ↑July 27th, 2019, 7:28 pm Hi! May I claim chapter 4 please?
That would be wonderful! I'll mark you down for Chapter 4 but ask that you complete the one-minute test. You'll get a lot of good feedback from that test. (I heard your recording and your voice is nice and clear, but someone will be able to help you soon with the hiss that one hears in your set-up.)

I will add you as soon as I learn how to add a new reader to our system. (I'm am the WORST computer person!)

Welcome aboard!

EDIT: You're in the system!

Thank you so much and will do!

sophiagannaoui · Post by **sophiagannaoui** » July 28th, 2019, 1:05 pm

Here is my recording: https://librivox.org/uploads/kikisaulite/twelvegoodmusicians_04_bridge_128kb.mp3
It is 7:01 minutes and I managed to get the white noise out from my background.

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