tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833454649093878095.post2259883728130008597..comments2024-01-15T10:12:27.170-05:00Comments on Navigating The Finite: Grand Theft: ViolinSextanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02869179401767968180noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833454649093878095.post-61746725457663184022014-03-18T11:46:33.185-04:002014-03-18T11:46:33.185-04:00Alicia, yes it was recovered and the thieves were ...Alicia, yes it was recovered and the thieves were in custody. Surprise, surprise they pleaded not guilty:<br /><br />http://www.nbc15.com/home/headlines/Valuable-Stradivarius-violin-stolen-in-Milwaukee-242471601.html<br /><br />Sextanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02869179401767968180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833454649093878095.post-11355116431345664602014-03-13T18:58:21.960-04:002014-03-13T18:58:21.960-04:00Yay, I happened to come back just to see if you ha...Yay, I happened to come back just to see if you had an update on whether or not it was recovered and see that you are just a wonder and you did update and it was recovered! Awesome!Aliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18196096131750922174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833454649093878095.post-66690372941391444852014-02-07T11:28:57.659-05:002014-02-07T11:28:57.659-05:00Indeed, Almond's joy (wow I made a funny and ...Indeed, Almond's joy (wow I made a funny and didn't even mean to) with this instrument and his willingness to share its incredible musical qualities with the public make this an ironically sad case. I read that this incident has shaken up musicians. Violins have been stolen before, but always lifted from a dressing room or restaurant. This is the first assault and theft. Even those with less valuable instruments are worried that they may become targeted for theft of their instruments. Student grade violins cost hundreds and professional grade violins are in the thousands. <br /><br />Thanks, Alicia, for stopping by and commenting. Sextanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02869179401767968180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833454649093878095.post-14443772724498831032014-02-06T22:42:52.195-05:002014-02-06T22:42:52.195-05:00How tragic! I'd never heard of Frank Almond bu...How tragic! I'd never heard of Frank Almond but wow! Can he play! He certainly seemed very happy to have the honor of playing this violin. I hope they are able to find it and get it back. You would think that a violin that valuable would not even be allowed out of the concert hall without security. Thank goodness he was not hurt. Aliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18196096131750922174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833454649093878095.post-75728419607800244492014-01-31T11:09:35.802-05:002014-01-31T11:09:35.802-05:00That was an easy one for me because Scheherazade i...That was an easy one for me because Scheherazade is one of my favorite romantic pieces despite being an ear worm for me. It plays in my head probably on an hourly basis. I have this medley of ear worms and Scheherazade, Le Coq d'Or, Carmen, and L'Arlesienne all play automatically. They were snippets of classical music that was on a "Worlds Greatest Music" record that my dad bought at a grocery store in the early 60s. It was one of those buy a record every week and in 7 months you would have 642 snips of music and not one complete piece. The record had at most one movement. It should have been labeled "Chunks of the Worlds Greatest Music." It wasn't until I took music appreciation in college that I realized that they were separate samples of music and not one piece. If I remember right the back of the record had Chopin and Rachmaninoff piano pieces that were very intellectual, no melody that you could hum, and I didn't like them. My guess would be that Rimsky-Korsakov generated far more ear worms than Chopin. Anyhow my old man only bought the one record, so the World Greatest Music ear worm is limited to those above pieces until I developed an interest in college. I have a separate ear worm that has snips of Barktok Piano Concerto #2, Schuman's third, Appalachian Spring, and Shostakovich's Fifth. Another plays Led Zepplin. There are tons of ear worms all in different genres. My latest is Lorde tunes. The inside of my head is a weird place musically...odd elevator music is always playing. <br /><br />I was too cool (yeah right like I have ever been cool) to admit that I liked the music. It was stoooooopid, but still I listened to quite frequently on my own. Glen Miller was stupid as well and I never listened to that on my own. <br /><br />I have evolved from my mother. She sang (aloud) Camp Town Races, Yankee Doodle, The Wacs and Waves Will Win The War, and Had A Little Monkey as household drudgery songs constantly. At least I play mine in my head. <br /><br />Carol, always an honor, thanks for stopping by and commenting. Sextanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02869179401767968180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833454649093878095.post-85870110225217920932014-01-31T00:16:34.367-05:002014-01-31T00:16:34.367-05:00I wanted to be smart and name that tune, but all I...I wanted to be smart and name that tune, but all I could do was sing along and wonder what it was.Carol E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02741550863747328734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833454649093878095.post-46518937732562787312014-01-30T17:41:12.788-05:002014-01-30T17:41:12.788-05:00Yeah wouldn't that be hell, you are a couple o...Yeah wouldn't that be hell, you are a couple of drug addicts and you figure you are going to hit this dude, and pawn a stupid violin for several hundred. Next day you find out you got a 6 million dollar fiddle and the FBI and Interpol are looking for you. <br /><br />Newsy! Newsy indeed. That is a place that has a lot of news, sort of like a place that has a lot of wind is windy. It was the only video on the theft on YouTube that I could successfully embed. I had another one, far more cultural, proper British accent, but Blogger would not embed it. I can't find it now, maybe it got tossed from YouTube. Sextanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02869179401767968180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833454649093878095.post-35126912198617841592014-01-30T17:24:07.833-05:002014-01-30T17:24:07.833-05:00i suppose this could be the work of some hapless m...i suppose this could be the work of some hapless minor league thief who just happened to stumble on a nearly priceless artifact in a random robbery attempt, but somehow I think that it was planned. I find it curious that the case was dumped. The whole thing sounds fishy to me.<br />Well, i hope we get updates from ... newsy?Olgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692441479616299920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833454649093878095.post-49426177529447773482014-01-30T16:38:24.513-05:002014-01-30T16:38:24.513-05:00Comment: Almond is playing the violin solo from R...Comment: Almond is playing the violin solo from Rimski-Korsakov’s symphonic suite Scheherazade Op. 35.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheherazade_(Rimsky-Korsakov)<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0R439gPhEESextanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02869179401767968180noreply@blogger.com