Kreisler sort of ripened the harmonies a little,
but not that much compared to what he made from
whole cloth in the case of those other composers.

After all, he was an accomplished violinist... maybe not a Pagannini,
but people enjoyed listening to him... :)

No; I am an accomplished violinist. He was a great one,
though no Paganini, nor a Heifetz. When he heard the
latter, he turned to his friends and said, well, we all
might as well pack up and go home. He was also
handicapped by a hatred of practicing. Ormandy told the
story of how Kreisler was once delayed in his travel to
Philadelphia to perform with the orchestra. He showed up
a bit out of breath and rather anxiously opened the violin
case. Ormandy, a violinist himself, said, just enough time
to warm up and get on stage, and Kreisler replied, oh, no,
I haven't touched the instrument in two weeks and wanted
to make sure there were still four strings on it.

Likely. Hard to tell someone's motivations
from a century's distance.

I've heard classical announcers talk about it... some citing interviews
from the era...

Believable, as the pieces, though unimportant in the
larger scheme of musical things, have eclipsed their
composer largely because of their range, from the
Rondino, which young students play, to that Sicilienne,
a pleasing and uncomplicated thing that often appears
on concert programs, to the Praeludium and Allegro,
which the most virtuosic performers trot out as a
particularly splashy encore after a major recital.

The message propagated at least partway in a
substantially massive state; Dale, then the moderator,
sent a note about it but said there was no permanent
damage done except perhaps to my reputation for
intelligence.

And thankfully, it didn't happen again... or there would have been more damage done to your rep... (G)

Oh, I'm sure something will happen. Oh, yeah.

As you've seen, I try to avoid addressing a whole
day's stuff to just one person, so sometimes I play
games splitting or consolidating messages as I see
fit. Sometimes it actually works okay.

Yup. :)

And in fact one can consolidate things in a more
coherent way with a tiny expense of effort. It may
produce a less natural conversational flow, but on
the other hand, this genre in itself requires a less
natural conversational flow.

by something more neutral. On the ground the agents use
the information to manage upgrades and stuff like that,
but most of that is automated now, and the ground
personnel have less need to notice such things.

Just as well... :) On my computer, some applications replace one
(probably hi-ASCII) symbol with another symbol... sometimes it's a
dollar sign... far as I know there's no ulterior motivation for the replacement.... ;)

Got to use something.

In the air, United at least is supposed to treat me better
than they treat other people, but the attendants' iPhones
have an app that tells them how nice to be.

And does it work out to be treated better....?

Not sure. I am required to get a free meal and a free
alcoholic beverage, that's the rule. It's not so much for
my benefit but to advertise to others what one can get
with higher status:

- Why does he get free stuff?
- If you were one of United's best customers, you
could get free food, too.
- Oh.

It also serves as a consolation prize when I'm not
getting upgraded, which is more and more frequent.

Spiced Braised Beef (Bumbu rudjak)
cat: Indonesian, United Airlines
servings: 6

1 1/2 lb stew meat
1 Tb vegetable oil
1 c coconut milk
2 hot red peppers sliced diagonally
- sub 1 ts ground chili pepper
1 ts shrimp paste
1 Tb tamarind juice or lemon juice
1 large onion sliced
2 cloves garlic chopped
salt and pepper to taste

Wash the meat and drain. Brown onion and garlic in
oil, then add all other ingredients and beef. Simmer
20 to 30 min, or until beef is tender.

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Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 06-14-19 08:01 <=-

Kreisler sort of ripened the harmonies a little,
but not that much compared to what he made from
whole cloth in the case of those other composers.

After all, he was an accomplished violinist... maybe not a Paganini,
but people enjoyed listening to him... :)

No; I am an accomplished violinist. He was a great one,
though no Paganini, nor a Heifetz. When he heard the
latter, he turned to his friends and said, well, we all
might as well pack up and go home.

OK... helpful clarification....

He was also handicapped by a hatred of practicing. Ormandy
told the story of how Kreisler was once delayed in his
travel to Philadelphia to perform with the orchestra. He
showed up a bit out of breath and rather anxiously opened
the violin case. Ormandy, a violinist himself, said, just
enough time to warm up and get on stage, and Kreisler replied,
oh, no, I haven't touched the instrument in two weeks and
wanted to make sure there were still four strings on it.

Nice story.... :)

Likely. Hard to tell someone's motivations
from a century's distance.

I've heard classical announcers talk about it... some citing interviews
from the era...

Believable, as the pieces, though unimportant in the
larger scheme of musical things, have eclipsed their
composer largely because of their range, from the
Rondino, which young students play, to that Sicilienne,
a pleasing and uncomplicated thing that often appears
on concert programs, to the Praeludium and Allegro,
which the most virtuosic performers trot out as a
particularly splashy encore after a major recital.

That is a wide range.... :) And they are enjoyable pieces, besides... :)

As you've seen, I try to avoid addressing a whole
day's stuff to just one person, so sometimes I play
games splitting or consolidating messages as I see
fit. Sometimes it actually works okay.

Yup. :)

And in fact one can consolidate things in a more
coherent way with a tiny expense of effort. It may
produce a less natural conversational flow, but on
the other hand, this genre in itself requires a less
natural conversational flow.

There is that.... :)

In the air, United at least is supposed to treat me better
than they treat other people, but the attendants' iPhones
have an app that tells them how nice to be.

And does it work out to be treated better....?

Not sure. I am required to get a free meal and a free
alcoholic beverage, that's the rule. It's not so much for
my benefit but to advertise to others what one can get
with higher status:
- Why does he get free stuff?
- If you were one of United's best customers, you
could get free food, too.
- Oh.

And how often does it actually entice someone to try for higher status,
I wonder... ;)

It also serves as a consolation prize when I'm not
getting upgraded, which is more and more frequent.

That's somewhat of a benefit... ;)

ttyl neb

... If I were here more often, I wouldn't be gone so much.

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