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

[valroth]

May I claim Section 14 titled Romance please? Well it is Valentine’s Day!

Thanks,

Val

[Kitty]

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

of course, thank you

Sonia

[Kitty]

May I claim Section 14 titled Romance please? Well it is Valentine’s Day!

absolutely, thanks. And I hope you had a nice Valentine's Day. We are in Budapest right now, tomorrow we are leaving for home, probably arriving on Saturday, as it's a bit too far to do in one go.

Sonia

[lkirk]

Thank you and I hope you have had a nice vacation. I was in Budapest many years ago and it is a beautiful city with a vibrant musical life.

[Kitty]

Thank you and I hope you have had a nice vacation. I was in Budapest many years ago and it is a beautiful city with a vibrant musical life.

Budapest is beautiful indeed, it's the second time I am here and both times in winter I guess in summer it might be too crowded for my taste.

Sonia

[valroth]

May I claim Section 14 titled Romance please? Well it is Valentine’s Day!

absolutely, thanks. And I hope you had a nice Valentine's Day. We are in Budapest right now, tomorrow we are leaving for home, probably arriving on Saturday, as it's a bit too far to do in one go.

Sonia

What a wonderful trip, Sonia! Enjoy and safe travels home again!

Val

[valroth]

May I claim Section 14 titled Romance please? Well it is Valentine’s Day!

absolutely, thanks. And I hope you had a nice Valentine's Day. We are in Budapest right now, tomorrow we are leaving for home, probably arriving on Saturday, as it's a bit too far to do in one go.

Sonia

What a wonderful trip, Sonia! Enjoy and safe travels home again!

Val

Hello and here is Section 14!

https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/mymusicallife_14_damrosch_128kb.mp3

Time: 8:29

Kitty, you may want me to re-record the Madam d’Agoult pronunciation. I checked 3 different possible pronunciations of this name online, but each one was vastly different. I hope I guessed the correct one?

Meanwhile, the rascal Damrosch keeps us in suspense regarding his love life! So much for a tell-all memoire!

Thanks,

Val

[lkirk]

Section 16 is ready for proof listening. Thank you.

https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/mymusicallife_16_damrosch_128kb.mp3

31.21

[Kitty]

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

Section 16 is ready for proof listening. Thank you.
https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/mymusicallife_16_damrosch_128kb.mp3

finally back in the saddle, thank you all for waiting so long.

The section on women was rather interesting. Indeed, the orchestras back then only consisted of men, I imagine, so there must have been some sort of musical education for boys When did they start to accept women in their orchestras I wonder ?

Section 24 is straight PL ok.

Just one small edit for Section 16:

> at 0:21: you forgot to say "Part 1" after the title (since this chapter is split in two)

thanks

Sonia

[Kitty]

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

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.

I agree, the name was probably originally with umlaut.

This chapter taught me to extremely like Liszt and dislike Wagner I think Damrosch secretely also felt that way, the way he portrayed them both.

Wonderfully narrated, I enjoyed it a lot. Only a few small notes for your consideration:

> at 0:25: actually for the title proper you could use "chapter 5" instead of "section" at this point here
> from 26:44 to 26:47: between "in this book" and "it was not" – the pause of over 3 seconds feels a bit too long, I would cut to under 2 at least
> from 28:03 to 28:05: between "into the beyond" and "the following winter" – also here I would cut a bit more silence, so as not to exceed 2 seconds
> at 30:10: "altogether, I cannot understand why" – you say "although"
> from 30:30 to 30:33: between "of this oratorio" and "end of section 5" – cutting the lengthy silence here as well

thanks

Sonia

[Kitty]

Hello and here is Section 14!
https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/mymusicallife_14_damrosch_128kb.mp3

Kitty, you may want me to re-record the Madam d’Agoult pronunciation. I checked 3 different possible pronunciations of this name online, but each one was vastly different. I hope I guessed the correct one?

Meanwhile, the rascal Damrosch keeps us in suspense regarding his love life! So much for a tell-all memoire!

haha indeed, he probably wants us to buy his second memoir as well

the pronunciations are quite ok, except you say "Jean" the English way instead of French "Jeanne", but since they are in America, and it's the same name, I guess this is perfectly ok. No need to redo anything. Section 14 is PL ok.

Thanks !!

Sonia

[lkirk]

Welcome back, I hope you had a wonderful vacation! Thank you, I did forget to say Part I in this case which I have never done in my solo recordings. I have corrected it and here is the link.

https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/mymusicallife_16_damrosch_128kb.mp3

Yes, the chapter on women was very interesting and it wasn't until the early part of the twentieth century that the first women joined symphony orchestras although there were apparently all women orchestras before that. There are still some major orchestras who have very few women. Both men and women had private education in music in earlier years which would have prepared men for musical careers but women generally played in the home and for social occasions. One big exception was Clara Schumann.

[lkirk]

Section 17 is ready for proof listening. Thank you.

https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/mymusicallife_17_damrosch_128kb.mp3

30:14

[Kitty]

Thank you, I did forget to say Part I in this case which I have never done in my solo recordings. I have corrected it and here is the link.
https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/mymusicallife_16_damrosch_128kb.mp3

https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/mymusicallife_17_damrosch_128kb.mp3

thank you for the next section. Section 16 is now PL ok.

Just one small re-arrangement for section 17:

> at 21:53: "Mme Nordica, Mr Stephen S. Palmer, Mrs Trenor L. Park, Mr Amos Pinchot" –Could you place these 4 names at the right spot please, so the list stays in alphabetical order ?

> the background noise is a bit too prominent in this section, could you please run a round of noise cleaning over it, taking a sample from them last 5 seconds of room silence, where it's very audible ?

Sonia

[lkirk]

Thank you, I see what I did in terms of the alphabetical arrangement of names. I had printed out the text and two short columns were at the bottom of one page and the longer columns on the next and I just read from the shorter columns without thinking of the alphabetical listing. It has now been corrected. I was a bit puzzled about the background noise because I didn't really hear it and I always run the noise reduction before submitting the section but I just ran it again and I hope that it is better. Thanks.

https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/mymusicallife_17_damrosch_128kb.mp3