Stanley Sadie
Am I the last to hear the news that Stanley Sadie died on Monday? This is very sad. If I were living in San Francisco, I would SO be throwing a "Stanley Sadie" memorial party, where we all go around the room reading out our favorite passages from the New Grove. I call dibs on "Mode"...
[For those for whom this is meaningless, Sadie edited the massive New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, the standard musical reference work that quite literally changed musicology forever.]
Perhaps I could make it a "Stanley Sadie Hawkins" party, where the girls would have to ask the boys to read from the New Grove.
It was rainy in Paris today, but still nice.
[For those for whom this is meaningless, Sadie edited the massive New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, the standard musical reference work that quite literally changed musicology forever.]
Perhaps I could make it a "Stanley Sadie Hawkins" party, where the girls would have to ask the boys to read from the New Grove.
It was rainy in Paris today, but still nice.
posted by Grrg at 8:09 PM
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My favorite is still the smushed-together neoclassical/ethnomusicological slogan/command on the spine of Vol. 2 (1981 edition):
"Back to Bolivia!"
and also the guide-words on the spine of vol. 12:
"Meares to Mutis"
I always thought that if I ever needed to forge a phony ancient music treatise (the need hasn't yet arisen, but I'm certain it will), I would attribute it to "Mearus Tumutus"
...but I'm dumb.
The Stanley Sadie Hawkins thing is the funniest thing I've read in a while. I'll try and be just a little bit sad though I didn't know who he was until yesterday. G
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