Re: So, when did you stop beating your house?
| From: | Sally Caves <scaves@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, April 12, 1999, 23:05 |
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I don't remember seeing this intriguing post by Kou on the list... is this
another instance,
John, in which you've replied publically to a private post? <GGGGGG> Sounded
like a fascinating discussion of how you match melodies to tonal languages.
Something
I'd enjoy hearing about.
Take care, Sally
Hi, Kou. Glad to see you're still around!
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John Cowan wrote:
> Kou scripsit:
>
> > [E]very Chinese music video from time immemorial has had Chinese
> > subtitles. Cassettes and CDs obligatorily come with the lyrics --
> > something optional with their English counterparts. And every Chinese
> > opera I've ever attended had an overhead projecting the libretto to one
> > side of the stage.
>
> I was thinking of less 20th-century examples.
>
> Is it plausible that when mothers sing to their (non-infant) children,
> the children don't have a clue what the lyrics are about?
>
> Is the following dialogue plausible?
>
etc.