Thanks, Malcolm, Geoff & Karen - these brightened my Wednesday morning.

Reminds me of an enquiry I once had for that elusive song 'Thanks be to
God'  by Sig Freedocks...

Liz



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Geoff Thomason <[log in to unmask]>@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> on 18/08/2004
10:35:13

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Subject:    Re: Opus for England - a whimsy for Wednesday


In the spirit of Malcolm's whimsy...

The may be apocryphal, but I did hear the story of the person who
queried with music shop assistant why his order for "Could I but express
in song" was taking so long to arrive, only to find out that it had been
ordered as the "Kodaly buttocks pressing song".

BTW - in my (very) recent experience, Norwegian library assistants can
be extremely helpful :-)

Geoff

>>> Malcolm Lewis <[log in to unmask]> 18/08/2004 09:16:26
>>>
In the spirit of Monty Verdi's The Art of Fear ....these things are
always
obvious once one knows the answer but I just thought I'd share this.

A reader in deepest rural Nottinghamshire (far away from the armed
manhunts!) found a reference to a piece of music in a play he was
reading.
He rang his local library asking for the score and the Norwegian
library
assistant passed the query on to us yesterday afternoon. The music for
*Opus
for England* foxed us for a while until "Merrie" Edward German came to
mind
and his "O peaceful E...".

We felt quite pleased with ourselves!

Toodlepip!


Malcolm


Sent by Malcolm Lewis. Senior Librarian, Music and Multi-Media,
Nottingham Central Library,
Angel Row,
Nottingham,
NG1 6HP
Tel: (0115) 915 2832
Fax: (0115) 915 2830

Geoff Thomason
Deputy Librarian
Royal Northern College of Music
124 Oxford Road
Manchester M13 9RD

 0161 907 5245




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