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<p>The Austrian composer Peter Ablinger translated the human voice to a computer-controlled piano. Interesting–both for the idea and for the way understanding "pops out" at the listener when the written form is provided.</p></div>
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  <div class="message"><p>I don't know why it's taken me so long to stumble across <a href="https://oldweirdamerica.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><em>The Old, Weird America</em></a>, which is required reading and listening for anyone who likes old songs.</p>
<p>Here's the page for <a href="https://oldweirdamerica.wordpress.com/2011/10/17/57-the-coo-coo-bird-by-clarence-ashley/"><em>The Cuckoo</em></a>.</p>
<p>And here's my rendition of an English travellers' version. I thought I got this from Maddy Prior, but the recording by her on the website is a different version. So I don't know.     





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<p>The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University offers <em><a href="http://bookhistory.harvard.edu/takenote/exhibition">Take Note</a>: </em>(via <a href="http://www.languagehat.com/">Language Hat</a>) an exhibition of<em> </em>high-resolution views of various forms of note taking. The image here is from a notebook kept by William James during a trip to Brazil. There are many other pleasures, including a 3rd-century papyrus, 13th-century Japanese notes on falconry with illustrations, healing chants of Dominican nuns in 15th-century notation, and some of Georg Solti's annotations to the score of Bartok's Concerto…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/delights-oct-2012/blog/6021787/william-james-goes-to-brazil-and-other-adventures-in-note-taking">Read more</a></span></div>
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<p>What is that tickles so about self-reference?</p>
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<p>Anyhow, here's <a href="http://ianrobb.com/default.htm">Finest Kind</a> singing Shelley's <em>John Barleycorn Deconstructed</em>, a true lesson in harmonizing besides an entertaining listen. As singers, these three never seem to put a foot wrong–it's quite extraordinary.</p></div>
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  <div class="message"><p><a href="http://www.nihon-kogeikai.com/index-E.html">At the museum of Japanese Traditional Art Crafts</a> there is an exhibition of works by Japan's "Living National Treasures". The work shown here is a doll by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.nihon-kogeikai.com/KOKUHO-E/AKIYAMA-NOBUKO-E/AKIYAMA-NOBUKO-E.html"> AKIYAMA Nobuko.</a></p></div>
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<p>I don't know what this music is–the commentary is all in Arabic(?) script–and I don't know why, about two-thirds through, there is a brief shot of a mysterious young woman listening from outside–but love the seemingly wild, ecstatic flute playing and singing, really so controlled and thoughtful. And dig the swaying and dancing audience!</p>
<p>Maybe it's a clip from a feature film? If anyone can shed any light, leave a comment!</p></div>
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<p>Gaelic speakers of Scotland have preserved the "old way of singing" metrical psalms. This kind of singing prevailed before the introduction of congregational harmony singing into English and New England churches. It features unison singing, lining out by a leader, free ornamentation, and very slow tempos. This could be a description of Primitive Baptist singing in this country, but the two sound very different!</p>
<p>Here's a video from the Isle of Lewis. You can get some of this music through iTunes–search for…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/delights-oct-2012/blog/6021783/grave-and-solemne-and-plaine-tunes">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><p>Barbara Svoboda introduced me to this magnificently eerie song of Mike and Lal Waterson via a harmony rendition by <em>The Witches of Elswick.</em></p>
<p><br>Here's Mike Waterson singing it, quite differently.</p>
<p>Here are the words, for those who find the vowels too strange:</p>
<pre>As I roved out one summer's morn,
I saw a scarecrow tied to a pole in a field of corn.
His coat was black and his head was bare,
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Ah but you'd lay me down and love me,
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<p>Not so far away geographically from yesterday, but a world away. A duet showing off the ethereal vocal acrobatics of two Aka singers.</p></div>
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<p>A friend of mine who has worked in many countries of Africa told me that Congolese music is loved the best all over the continent. Of all the Congolese music, it's Tabu Ley who never fails to make me smile. I seem to see the sun and feel its warmth and my whole body relaxes. Here's his incomparable <em>Muzina.</em></p></div>
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