A clever re-use of Virgil's "mirabile dictu"

Posted by Chris from Lafayette (A) on May 19, 2015 at 15:49:57

In Reply to: ridicule dictu? posted by MaxwellP on May 19, 2015 at 13:28:30:

As in the image of Rumor in the "Aeneid". . .

At once Rumour runs through Libya's great cities - Rumour the swiftest of all evils. Speed lends her strength, and she wins vigor as she goes; small at first through fear, soon she mounts up to heaven, and walks the ground with head hidden in the clouds. Mother Earth, provoked to anger against the gods, brought her forth. . . swift of foot and fleet of wing, a monster awful and huge, who for the many feathers in her body has as many watchful eyes beneath - wondrous to tell [mirabile dictu] - as many tongues, as many sounding mouths, as many pricked-up ears. By night, midway between heaven and earth, she flies through the gloom, screeching, and droops not her eyes in sweet sleep; by day she sits on guard on high rooftop or lofty turrets, and affrights great cities, clinging to the false and wrong, yet heralding truth. Now exulting in manifold gossip, she filled the nations and sang alike of fact and falsehood. . .

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Topic - I was getting worried - no Stockhausen Babe recordings for a couple of years - Chris from Lafayette 11:29:55 05/14/15 (19)

Are you trying to convince me there is a piano in the last clip? - Penguin 21:35:33 05/15/15 (1)

I was doing my best! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 00:35:05 05/16/15 (0)

Stockhausen music funny story - Jay Buridan 07:13:26 05/15/15 (15)

ridicule dictu? - MaxwellP 13:28:30 05/19/15 (4)

A clever re-use of Virgil's "mirabile dictu" - Chris from Lafayette 15:49:57 05/19/15 (3)

RE: A clever re-use of Virgil's "mirabile dictu" - MaxwellP 16:07:30 05/19/15 (2)

So, Jay - are you the clever variationist? [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 19:37:37 05/19/15 (1)

Yes - Jay Buridan 20:08:28 05/23/15 (0)

LOL! - Great story! [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 09:09:13 05/15/15 (0)

RE: Stockhausen music funny story - Hornlover 07:58:15 05/15/15 (8)

His Music varies from Zeitmas for W.W. Quntet - oldmkvi 09:37:59 05/15/15 (7)

What, nothing for Saxophone Quartet and Floor Sander?! nt - Rick W 07:22:28 05/18/15 (6)

Sure, but it doesn't get played much, - oldmkvi 09:49:48 05/18/15 (5)

Yeah, floor sander parts can be tough. Plus....... - Rick W 12:45:37 05/18/15 (4)

How many Clarinet Players does it take to change a light bulb? - oldmkvi 13:54:04 05/18/15 (3)

Aargh. You sure you aren't a tubist? nt - Rick W 14:19:12 05/18/15 (2)

Wait, you mean reed tubes? - oldmkvi 16:19:51 05/18/15 (0)

Not too sure of anything these days, except that - oldmkvi 16:17:36 05/18/15 (0)

RE: I was getting worried - no Stockhausen Babe recordings for a couple of years - 6bq5 15:51:50 05/14/15 (0)

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A clever re-use of Virgil's "mirabile dictu" - Chris from Lafayette 15:49:57 05/19/15 (3)

RE: A clever re-use of Virgil's "mirabile dictu" - MaxwellP 16:07:30 05/19/15 (2)

So, Jay - are you the clever variationist? [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 19:37:37 05/19/15 (1)

Yes - Jay Buridan 20:08:28 05/23/15 (0)

A clever re-use of Virgil's "mirabile dictu"

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