FAERIE'S AIRE AND DEATH WALTZ

Dec 17, 2004 17:34

If you are at all fond of music, or of faeries, this is a must-see ( Read more... )

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ellen_kushner December 17 2004, 23:27:46 UTC
I am so jealous - wish I knew solfege! wish I had been one of your students....

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Faerie's Aire &c. -- jonsinger January 2 2005, 21:06:47 UTC
I've been trying to find John Stump for years now, so I could get a nice clean new copy of that thing. Never had any real luck. Many thanks for posting the link to it!

Hmmm — I just did the search thing again, and I find a couple more relevant links. Here's the sheet music again, for example: http://blogs.salon.com/0003974/stories/2004/12/12/aire.html and http://cielopuff.air-nifty.com/ (which seems to have "Death Waltz 2" as well).

Fibich seems to have been real enough, btw, though his first name is apparently "Zdenek", not "Zdenko" --

http://www.classical-composers.org/cgi-bin/ccd.cgi?comp=fibich

(...and various other references in various languages; but I bet you already knew about him.)

I'm with you on wanting to be or have been one of misia's students — she has to be a topnotch teacher ( ... )

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Re: Faerie's Aire &c. -- ellen_kushner January 3 2005, 11:50:20 UTC
Thank you, Jon! The plot thickens . . . .

No plans right now to be down there, but Burmese sounds excellent! BTW, if you're ever in Lowell, Massachusetts, run! to Southeast Asian Restaurant
http://www.foodventure.com/
We discovered it years ago on our annual trip to the Lowell Folk Festival
http://www.lowellfolkfestival.org/
a wonderful city-wide event featuring music (and crafts) from local immigrant communities as well as big-name acts. Worth the trip.

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Faerie's Aire anonymous February 9 2005, 09:19:01 UTC
Is it possible to still find clean copies of Faerie's Aire? The link no longer works. Any hints?

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Re: Faerie's Aire ellen_kushner February 9 2005, 20:25:41 UTC
See JonSinger's suggestions above, particularly
http://blogs.salon.com/0003974/stories/2004/12/12/aire.html
which has a cleaner copy than the one I first recommended.

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Re: Faerie's Aire ellen_kushner February 9 2005, 20:26:50 UTC
...but I just checked my original links, and it does still work.

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Faeries Aire & Death waltz anonymous March 28 2005, 09:23:16 UTC
I, too have been trying to find the mysterious "John Stump" for some time. I have a copy of both pages of the piece (yes, there are two) but would love to get a proper, printed copy.

Does anyone out there have friends in Burbank who could check with some of the instrument supply stores or music stores there? Someone must know (or have known John Stump.) My guess is that he was either a studio musician or maybe a high school band teacher. Maybe even check with the landlord of the apartment where John was listed as per the score? (209 W. Alameda Ave., #203, Burbank, CA 91502) Unless he has died, he must be SOMEWHERE!

This piece deserves being reprinted.

Stuart Tarbuck
Vancouver, B.C, Canada

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Re: Faeries Aire & Death waltz anonymous May 23 2005, 11:39:45 UTC
A good scan of both sheets can be found here: http://www.tangento.net/weirdness7.html

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Re: More John Stump anonymous May 23 2005, 11:47:04 UTC
Prelude and the Last Hope in C and C# Minor:

http://www.bjk-murgtal.gmxhome.de/fun/notenbeispiel.html

I found Faeries after seeing this on my professor's door, and looking for it. It seems a tad rarer though.

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Re: Faeries Aire & Death waltz poettomm June 24 2005, 04:08:01 UTC
A good scan of both sheets can be found here:

Actually, the second sheet is from a 3rd work ...
String Quartet
No. 556(b)
for Strings
In A Minor (Motoring Accident)

(c)1997

"Ask for these interesting items from this same fine music store or bowling center. If they are available, cheerfully buy as many as you can without dipping into the Lotto money. And remember,
music makes us all feel as though we are almost human. Please close the door on the way out. 8/97"

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JohnStump is happy you all enjoy his work poettomm June 24 2005, 03:01:42 UTC
I am in current communication with John Stump in Los Angeles.
John is presently recovering from a rather serious medical situation.
I will take your appreciative comments to him this Saturday.

I am currently distributing
"The Faeries Aire and Death March" and
"Prelude and The Last Hope in C and c# Minor"
in beautiful 11 X 17 inch sturdy laminated sets.
These are in accord with John's Copyright ownership.
The price is $25 for both, plus shipping/handling . $15 each singly.

For distributors and teachers and musical directors volume discounts are negotiable.
Please do contact and support the appreciation and reward to John for his wonderful works.

order or just contact me to chew the carpet at poettomm@yahoo.com ..........
More Great Stuff on John's works to follow

TomM Hall

"whole arm on black notes moon walk continue swimmng motion
balance your chair on two legs
Gradually slide from 12-bar Blues to a more Vivaldi-like cadenza

;pT over and out

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Re: JohnStump is happy you all enjoy his work poettomm November 5 2005, 17:52:24 UTC
What a load of bullshit. Take your hoax elsewhere.

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Re: JohnStump is happy you all enjoy his work poettomm November 6 2005, 00:33:52 UTC
I do not understand why a person would make such a mean statement. Factually, John is much better, and has returned home. He IS brightened and happy to have Faerie's Aire quotations selected as inspiration for a Quilt! (how cool is THAT!) and title for a music cd ("Release the Penguins" - by the Texas Celtic Folk Eclectic band Boru).

Tom

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Re: JohnStump is happy you all enjoy his work ellen_kushner November 6 2005, 08:50:55 UTC

Good to hear that John is better! Thanks for keeping us posted.

People who post nasty things anonymously are to be ignored.

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