Thought for the Day - April 7

Subject: Thought for the Day - April 7
From: Peter T.
Date: 07 Apr 00 - 08:35 AM

Deathbed Musical Anecdotes:

An old sailor on his deathbed said: "I'm slipping my cables, boys. Strike up 'South Australia' so I can go out peacefully." (from Lloyd and MacColl, Blow Boys Blow)

On his deathbed, the 18th century composer Rameau rebuked the priest for singing off-key.

others?

Subject: RE: Thought for the Day - April 7
From: Peter T.
Date: 07 Apr 00 - 08:37 AM

Sorry, forgot Mozart. His wife reported that on his deathbed he was humming the drum part from the unfinished Requiem.

Subject: RE: Thought for the Day - April 7
From: SDShad
Date: 07 Apr 00 - 09:31 AM

How do you hum a drum part?

Confuzzled,

Shad

Subject: RE: Thought for the Day - April 7
From: MMario
Date: 07 Apr 00 - 09:34 AM

bum-de-bum-bum-de-bumbum-de-bum.....

okay, technically it's not "humming"

Subject: RE: Thought for the Day - April 7
From: GUEST,Neil Lowe
Date: 07 Apr 00 - 09:56 AM

The tongues of dying men enforce attention like deep harmony. --Shakespeare, Richard II, II.1.5-6.

"Friends applaud, the comedy is over." --Ludwig van Beethoven

Neil

Subject: RE: Thought for the Day - April 7
From: Amos
Date: 07 Apr 00 - 02:50 PM

"More light! More light!" -- attributed to Nietzche

Subject: RE: Thought for the Day - April 7
From: Midchuck
Date: 07 Apr 00 - 02:56 PM

I prefer Ethan Allen's attitude.

The story is that a friend or minister at his deathbed said "General Allen, the angels are waiting for you."

His last words were "God Damn 'em, let 'em wait!"

Peter.

Subject: RE: Thought for the Day - April 7
From: Chocolate Pi
Date: 07 Apr 00 - 03:07 PM

Mahler cried out "Mozart, Mozart!"

Subject: RE: Thought for the Day - April 7
From: Peter T.
Date: 07 Apr 00 - 04:16 PM

Actually, I think it was Goethe who (apocryphally) called for more light. yours, Peter T.
(Another totally apocryphal tale: REVEREND TO THOREAU ON HIS DEATHBED: "Do you not think you should be reconciled to your Maker?
THOREAU: "I did not know we had quarrelled.")

Subject: RE: Thought for the Day - April 7
From: GUEST,Sophocleese
Date: 07 Apr 00 - 04:19 PM

Blake died singing of the glories he was seeing.

Subject: RE: Thought for the Day - April 7
From: tar_heel
Date: 07 Apr 00 - 05:07 PM

civil war general stonewall jackson on his death bed said,"let us cross over the river and rest 'neath the shade of the trees!" linda and robin williams took those words and put together a song that is used in the outdoor drama in lexington,viginia,about the civil war hero. the melody is fron the old "down in the willow garden."

Subject: RE: Thought for the Day - April 7
From: GUEST,belter
Date: 07 Apr 00 - 08:34 PM

I heard a story some where that the play write Chiskolski (sp.) just before he died was told he looked much better to day. He answered "On the contrary....."

Subject: RE: Thought for the Day - April 7
From: Amos
Date: 07 Apr 00 - 10:19 PM

Apologies for the misattrribution; of course it was Goethe! Nietrzche didn't believe in light.