Re: CHAT: Goethe (was: Roumant)

On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, John Cowan wrote:

> On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Christophe Grandsire wrote:
>
> > Still, he claims to find German beatiful. I wonder where he finds it...
>
> Consider this poem:
>
>         ['ybA'al@n'gIpfl=n]
>         ['Ist'Ru:]
>         [In'al@n'vipfl=n]
>         ['Spyr@st'du]
>         ['kaumain@n'haux]
>         [di'f3g@lain'Svaign=Im'vald@]
>         ['vart@nurbald@]
>         ['ru@stdu'aux]
>
> I think it's pretty beautiful, even apart from the sense.
Indeed. I set this poem to music for a final project in a music theory
class many years ago. The assignment was to create a four-part chorale
using "common practice" harmony. Most of the other students set
overtly religious texts; I opted for this instead.

Dirk

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Dirk Elzinga
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