[COMPLETE][Biography/Music]My Musical Life by Walter Damrosch - kit

lkirk · Post by **lkirk** » February 4th, 2024, 2:27 pm

Section 27 is ready for proof listening. He does not hold back in his opinions of various composers!

https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/mymusicallife_27_damrosch_128kb.mp3

28:41

Thanks.

Post by **Kitty** » February 5th, 2024, 5:43 am

lkirk wrote: ↑February 4th, 2024, 2:27 pmSection 27 is ready for proof listening. He does not hold back in his opinions of various composers!
https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/mymusicallife_27_damrosch_128kb.mp3

thank you, this is perfectly PL ok as well.

Wow, this scene with the 14 pianos in one performance must have been mayhem

Sonia

lkirk · Post by **lkirk** » February 5th, 2024, 8:17 am

Thank you, I'm glad it was ok and I'm also glad those 14 pianists finally agreed to try to follow the conductor but it still must have been rather chaotic!

bergmannw · Post by **bergmannw** » February 6th, 2024, 7:36 am

As a music teacher and conductor, I can tell you from personal experience that pianists are the most difficult musicians to conduct. They just are not accustomed to playing in an ensemble, and many are choir directors, which means their instinct is to lead from the piano, not follow. Conducting a whole herd of pianists sounds like an impossible task.

lkirk · Post by **lkirk** » February 6th, 2024, 10:17 am

Section 28 is ready for proof listening. A very short section!

https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/mymusicallife_28_damrosch_128kb.mp3

2:26

lkirk · Post by **lkirk** » February 6th, 2024, 10:35 am

I will volunteer to do section 24, Women in Musical Affairs .

Post by **Kitty** » February 6th, 2024, 3:30 pm

bergmannw wrote: ↑February 6th, 2024, 7:36 amAs a music teacher and conductor, I can tell you from personal experience that pianists are the most difficult musicians to conduct.

how many did you have to conduct at the same time ? And yes, I can imagine the problems. I once saw a piano soloist play with an orchestra and they also had a conductor.

Sonia

Post by **Kitty** » February 6th, 2024, 3:31 pm

lkirk wrote: ↑February 6th, 2024, 10:35 amI will volunteer to do section 24, Women in Musical Affairs .

thank you, it's reserved for you

And I will probably PL your section tomorrow. Quite a shortie this time.

Sonia

bergmannw · Post by **bergmannw** » February 6th, 2024, 3:56 pm

Kitty wrote: ↑February 6th, 2024, 3:30 pm
bergmannw wrote: ↑February 6th, 2024, 7:36 amAs a music teacher and conductor, I can tell you from personal experience that pianists are the most difficult musicians to conduct.
how many did you have to conduct at the same time ? And yes, I can imagine the problems. I once saw a piano soloist play with an orchestra and they also had a conductor.

Sonia

Yes -- When a pianist, or any soloist, is accompanied by an orchestra, there is usually a conductor holding it all together. This usually goes well -- if the conductor and soloist get together before rehearsals to come to a common understanding about how the music should be interpreted.

How many pianists have I had in an ensemble? Fortunately, never more than one.

Post by **Kitty** » February 6th, 2024, 11:46 pm

lkirk wrote: ↑February 6th, 2024, 10:17 amSection 28 is ready for proof listening. A very short section!
https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/mymusicallife_28_damrosch_128kb.mp3

and it's perfectly PL ok, complete with the end of book outro

thank you.

PLing will be put on a hold for a week now, as I'm driving on a short holiday trip.

Sonia

Post by **Kitty** » February 6th, 2024, 11:46 pm

bergmannw wrote: ↑February 6th, 2024, 3:56 pmHow many pianists have I had in an ensemble? Fortunately, never more than one.

I guess having more than one pianist is rare nowadays.

Sonia

lkirk · Post by **lkirk** » February 7th, 2024, 5:05 am

Thank you, I'm glad the last section was OK. Have a great trip!

lkirk · Post by **lkirk** » February 7th, 2024, 10:05 am

Section 24 is ready for proof listening. I know that you are away but I thought I would post it anyway so that it would be ready when you come back. Thanks.

https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/mymusicallife_24_damrosch_128kb.mp3

17:18

bergmannw · Post by **bergmannw** » February 11th, 2024, 6:23 pm

Section 5 is ready for PL. https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/mymusicallife_05_damrosch_128kb.mp3 30:40

A couple of notes --

According to the sources I've checked, the clarinetist mentioned on page 72, Muhlfeld, is spelled with an umlaut on the "u." So I pronounced it that way, even though Damrosch (or his editor or his proofreader) left the umlaut off.

Toward the end of the chapter, Damrosch discusses "Christus" by Franz Liszt. This oratorio is three hours long!! This is super-long, even for a Romantic-era large-scale chorus-and-orchestra piece. So in the final paragraph, where Damrosch writes --

“Like many other works of the greatest masters, a few
good cuts will add to the effectiveness of this oratorio.”

-- he must be speaking tongue-in-cheek. Nevertheless, I just read it straight.

lkirk · Post by **lkirk** » February 13th, 2024, 12:04 pm

I would like to volunteer for sections 16 and 17. Thank you.