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[victorvictoria]

Maybe I do have a little too much fun trolling people who have zero clue, yes.

But this as far as I care to go. You certainly didn’t deserve the effort I put into placing some strips of paper on my diplomas; that was my generous donation.

Unless, of course, you have more questions. I am an educator after all and always ready and willing to share knowledge.

Just love how you keep on spending your time telling me I'm not worth the time. Pablo, Lynn, Mischa and Janos would NOT be impressed.

 

[eicca]

Just love how you keep on spending your time telling me I'm not worth the time. Pablo, Lynn, Mischa and Janos would NOT be impressed.

Ironically enough, all your time googling to drop names just resulted the very four that would be gettin’ a good laugh with me. ESPECIALLY Janos. That’s hilarious. Thanks for playing.

It’s surprisingly entertaining coming back in here to point out that you’re wrong every time. Great fun actually!

(For anyone wondering, dear victorvictoria here clearly just googled famous cellists and tried throwing out the four top names he found listed on recordings and performances. Couldn’t even be bothered to filter them out by which of them are actually still alive, or dig any deeper to see who’s more current.)

 

[victorvictoria]

Ironically enough, all your time googling to drop names just resulted the very four that would be gettin’ a good laugh with me. ESPECIALLY Janos. That’s hilarious. Thanks for playing.

It’s surprisingly entertaining coming back in here to point out that you’re wrong every time. Great fun actually!

(For anyone wondering, dear victorvictoria here clearly just googled famous cellists and tried throwing out the four top names he found listed on recordings and performances. Couldn’t even be bothered to filter them out by which of them are actually still alive, or dig any deeper to see who’s more current.)

So you think my "googling" the top cellists left out YoYo? And guess what, I actually have a recording of Lynn Harrell playing a viola da gamba (RCA) that I got back in 1975! You've revealed yourself as someone who's never even heard of YoYo Ma, much less anyone of any note.

 

[eicca]

So you think my "googling" the top cellists left out YoYo? And guess what, I actually have a recording of Lynn Harrell playing a viola da gamba (RCA) that I got back in 1975! You've revealed yourself as someone who's never even heard of YoYo Ma, much less anyone of any note.

Oh dear, that’s exactly what I’ve done. You’ve figured me out. Good job. Your one CD makes you more of a music expert than my three degrees and lifelong study.

This gives me an idea for a fun game. It was my CD of Yo-Yo Ma and the Philadelphia Orchestra performing the Shostakovich Cello Concerto no. 1 that really lit my fire for the cello AND opened my ears to a particularly revolutionary orchestration technique.

Shostakovich came up with a genius solution to the one big problem inherent to writing for cello and orchestra.

So the homework question for you, Professor victorvictoria: what is that one inherent problem, and how did Shostakovich’s solution to the problem differ from Antonin Dvorak’s?

Extra credit: how does Yo-Yo Ma’s interpretation of the Shostakovich concerto cadenza (movement 3) in this recording differ from the vast majority of other cellists’ interpretations, and what tempo marking does he ignore to manifest this interpretive decision?

EXTRA extra credit: I’ve hung out with the luthier who made Lynn Harrell’s latest cello. This I’m sure you can solve with the googles, but who is this luthier, when was the cello made, and what pattern was it based on?

I wanted one of this guy’s cellos for a long time until the Lynn Harrell deal sent his prices to the moon. So I found a builder that made me one based on the 1701 “Servais” Stradivarius.

TRIPLE EXTRA CREDIT: what was the one defining characteristic of the 1701 “Servais” Stradivarius that my luthier had to alter to make my cello align with modern standards?

 

[victorvictoria]

Oh, you really got me there! Accuse me of "googling" by pulling something anyone could Google, as I'm sure you just did. I met my wife at the Chicago Musical College (now Chicago College of Performing Arts) when the legendary Rudolph Ganz was director emeritus. His nephew Felix Ganz was the dean (and a pretty fair pianist). We both worked part time at Lyon-Healy (exclusive Steinway dealer at that time) on Chicago's famed Wabash Ave. Music Row. The sheet music department where my wife worked still had an ancient plugger we called "nervous Bill, from the Tin Pan Alley era. His hands were shaky, but he could read and play anything anyone put in front of him. I worked in the record department, where my collecting classical music recordings began. It paid $1.60/hour, but we could go up to the third floor where the Steinway collection was kept, and murder our favorite Chopin, Debussy or Rachmaninoff challenges on the world's finest instruments, many of which were destined for our college or the Chicago Symphony, then under the baton of Sir George Solti. Then Musicland offered me $1.75/hour so I naturally went for it. Stayed there until 1978, when I partnered with another friend and obsessive collector of blues, jazz, R&B and R&R and opened our own used record store using our pooled collections as startup stock. One year later we opened another store in Boystown, and 2 years later opened a third location that sold only rares and collectibles by appointment. I'll admit I'm no professional musician or credentialed like my wife, who went on for a Master of Music Ed and taught for 35 years until she retired in 2017. But we've lived and played together (violin and piano) for that entire time.

Here's our music room. That's Chicago's own late piano legend Willie Pickens (and his bass player at the time) in performance in doing his stunning Art Tatum impression, captured by Chicago artist Lewis Achenbach in 2017. Find all THAT on Google, why don't you? The more you brag about your superiority, the more it sounds like buffoonery. Ponder that.

 

[victorvictoria]

Oh, you really got me there! Accuse me of "googling" by pulling something anyone could Google, as I'm sure you just did. I met my wife at the Chicago Musical College (now Chicago College of Performing Arts) when the legendary Rudolph Ganz was director emeritus. His nephew Felix Ganz was the dean (and a pretty fair pianist). We both worked part time at Lyon-Healy (exclusive Steinway dealer at that time) on Chicago's famed Wabash Ave. Music Row. The sheet music department where my wife worked still had an ancient plugger we called "nervous Bill, from the Tin Pan Alley era. His hands were shaky, but he could read and play anything anyone put in front of him. I worked in the record department, where my collecting classical music recordings began. It paid $1.60/hour, but we could go up to the third floor where the Steinway collection was kept, and murder our favorite Chopin, Debussy or Rachmaninoff challenges on the world's finest instruments, many of which were destined for our college or the Chicago Symphony, then under the baton of Sir George Solti. Then Musicland offered me $1.75/hour so I naturally went for it. Stayed there until 1978, when I partnered with another friend and obsessive collector of blues, jazz, R&B and R&R and opened our own used record store using our pooled collections as startup stock. One year later we opened another store in Boystown, and 2 years later opened a third location that sold only rares and collectibles by appointment. I'll admit I'm no professional musician or credentialed like my wife, who went on for a Master of Music Ed and taught for 35 years until she retired in 2017. But we've lived and played together (violin and piano) for that entire time.

Here's our music room. That's Chicago's own late piano legend Willie Pickens (and his bass player at the time) in performance in doing his stunning Art Tatum impression, captured by Chicago artist Lewis Achenbach in 2017. Find all THAT on Google, why don't you? The more you brag about your superiority, the more it sounds like pompous buffoonery. Ponder that.

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[eicca]

Oh, you really got me there! Accuse me of "googling" by pulling something anyone could Google, as I'm sure you just did. I met my wife at the Chicago Musical College (now Chicago College of Performing Arts) when the legendary Rudolph Ganz was director emeritus. His nephew Felix Ganz was the dean (and a pretty fair pianist). We both worked part time at Lyon-Healy (exclusive Steinway dealer at that time) on Chicago's famed Wabash Ave. Music Row. The sheet music department where my wife worked still had an ancient plugger we called "nervous Bill, from the Tin Pan Alley era. His hands were shaky, but he could read and play anything anyone put in front of him. I worked in the record department, where my collecting classical music recordings began. It paid $1.60/hour, but we could go up to the third floor where the Steinway collection was kept, and murder our favorite Chopin, Debussy or Rachmaninoff challenges on the world's finest instruments, many of which were destined for our college or the Chicago Symphony, then under the baton of Sir George Solti. Then Musicland offered me $1.75/hour so I naturally went for it. Stayed there until 1978, when I partnered with another friend and obsessive collector of blues, jazz, R&B and R&R and opened our own used record store using our pooled collections as startup stock. One year later we opened another store in Boystown, and 2 years later opened a third location that sold only rares and collectibles by appointment. I'll admit I'm no professional musician or credentialed like my wife, who went on for a Master of Music Ed and taught for 35 years until she retired in 2017. But we've lived and played together (violin and piano) for that entire time.

Here's our music room. That's Chicago's own late piano legend Willie Pickens (and his bass player at the time) in performance in doing his stunning Art Tatum impression, captured by Chicago artist Lewis Achenbach in 2017. Find all THAT on Google, why don't you? The more you brag about your superiority, the more it sounds like buffoonery. Ponder that.

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Very nice. I’m happy for the two of you.

Now why don’t you Google the Shostakovich v Dvorak homework I gave you and just try and find my source

 

[victorvictoria]

Very nice. I’m happy for the two of you.

Now why don’t you Google the Shostakovich v Dvorak homework I gave you and just try and find my source

Not a fan of nor admire pedantry. I'll pass, thanks.