tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post4037922330188571408..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: The Music of Messiaen, Part 7Bryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-57036214364747057942015-09-15T19:46:12.603-05:002015-09-15T19:46:12.603-05:00As a matter of fact, since I looked it up, the bir...As a matter of fact, since I looked it up, the bird in question here is the Greater Short-Toed Lark.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-71900079352868002802015-09-15T15:09:46.985-05:002015-09-15T15:09:46.985-05:00(It is fascinating to look at the Henry Lemoine pu...(It is fascinating to look at the Henry Lemoine publishers page of music for organ that is still up at IMSLP. Works by Claire Delbos, her <i>Paraphrase sur le jugement dernier</i> [Messiaen's first wife], Gluck, Vierne, Tournemire, Flor Peeters... and then a score of probably forgotten names, anyway names I've never seen.)Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-10296577450622845032015-09-15T15:07:24.567-05:002015-09-15T15:07:24.567-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-33062401426086636362015-09-15T14:55:49.719-05:002015-09-15T14:55:49.719-05:00To complicate matters, there is the greater short ...To complicate matters, there is the greater short toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla [which is 'short toed']) and the lesser short toed lark (Calendrella rufescens): which is, in French [I think], <i>alouette pipsolette</i>. I suppose 'short toed lark' entered into English use before the taxonomists made C. brachydactyla its own species, distinct from the C. rufescens and others. Evidently distinctions amongst the larks are... quite subtle. <br /> <br />"In Beijing, larks are taught to mimic the voice of other songbirds and animals. It is an old-fashioned habit of the Beijingers to teach their larks 13 kinds of sounds in a strict order (called "the 13 songs of a lark", Chinese: 百灵十三套). The larks that can sing the full 13 sounds in the correct order are highly valued, while any disruption in the songs will decrease its value significantly."Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.com