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Hi there Joel
<p>No, no recording. These events can get a bit pagan artet over here you
see.... they pile up pileons, old furniture, masses and masses of leftover
building wood, and whatever else will burn easily an quickly... sometimes
in mounds of 15 - 20 meters high and only Big G knows how big around...
Flames reach a very long ways up into the sky... I experienced a country
boll once.... about 14 years ago.. a small affair of 5 meters high and
about that much in diameter at the base... I'll never forget leaving early
that evening to catch the first leg of my flight back to Seattle... 40--
50 crazed and very enumerated wild viking women.. and men.. dancing naked
hand in hand around these flames flickering far up into the night sky......
all to the beat of some primordial rhythms booming across the fjord...
<p>nahhh... Vikings live for the moment... and dont always stop to think
about recording the event for history.... grin... I'll leave it to you
to imagine why... though Bootless Roger Jack Jolly probably has a clue
or two :)
<p>Cheers
<br>RicB
<p>Joel Jones wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><font face="Verdana">On 9/13/03 5:44 AM, "Richard
Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> wrote:</font>
<p><font face="Verdana">RicB</font>
<p><font face="Verdana">Did anybody make a recording of the burning of
the beater? I’m having a senior moment over the composers name,
but the composition was to record the strings, plate, keys etc crackling
and snapping as the piano burns.</font>
<br><font face="Verdana"> Years ago was scheduled on
a recital on campus. however the fire marshall stopped the performance.
The smoke would pollute the air. I believe there is another
version of this theme where the piano is suspended by a helicopter and
ignited. Dropping to the ground makes another recorded sound
event.</font>
<br><font face="Verdana"> Play on.</font>
<br><font face="Verdana">Joel</font>
<br><font face="Verdana">--</font></blockquote>
<p><br>--
<br>Richard Brekne
<br>RPT, N.P.T.F.
<br>UiB, Bergen, Norway
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