[Magdalen] RIP Nicholas Harnoncourt

James Oppenheimer-Crawford oppenheimerjw at gmail.com
Fri Mar 11 22:17:00 UTC 2016


What did he say when you brought it up to him? It's been around for over
sixty years, after all....

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 3:44 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> He is  perhaps best known for his group Concentus Musicus Wien which he
> >  founded in  1953.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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> Interesting melange of languages.  If the Latin Concentus Musicus  had
> been picked for the group, why not go all the way to Vindobona, the
> Latin for Vienna?
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> So:  Concentus Musicus Vindobona.
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> In any case may he rest in peace.
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> David Strang - Who remembers sipping the local wine high over Vienna
>                        in Grinzing, and who has a deed to one grey tile in
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>                        reconstruction of the roof of Saint Stephen's
> Cathedral
>                        after the damage during WW-2.
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