[luvie]

Glad you enjoyed the tune, (((ES)))

She’s da bomb! :)

[Publius]

When the mulatto violinist George Bridgetower sat down with Beethoven to prepare his Kreutzer Sonata for the first performance, Bridgetower was surprised to learn that Beethoven was fluent in English. But Beethoven’s English was full of “thee”, “thou”, “prithee”, and “Marry, sir!” Bridgetower had a difficult time not laughing when Beethoven tried out his Elizabethan English.

What Bridgetower didn’t know was that Beethoven had a deal with the London publishing firm of Boozey & Hawkes to write arrangements of English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish folk tunes for the home market. Every middle class family had keyboard and string players, and usually someone who thought he could sing. The deal was that B&H would pay up front in gold, and they would not put Beethoven’s name on the printed volumes. This was a way for Beethoven to make some quick cash.

The first volume was pure hack work, but something happened when he started work on the second volume: Beethoven really got into it. The arrangements show not only care, but genius. This was how Beethoven learned to speak his quaint, archaic English.

Beethoven: “Since Graybeards Inform Us”

[EsmeraldaA]

I did and she absolutely is.

Have a wonderful Sunday honey.

(((LUV)))