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Beethoven's 8th Symphony 2nd Movement and the Maezel Canon Posted by: Amiduffer Video duration: 494 seconds This is a slight insight into the process that Beethoven went through in developing the 8th Symphony, and at least some of the history of the 2nd movement. Thanks go out to Brychar66 for recognizing the canon Conducted by Wilhelm Furtwangler Related: 8th, beethoven, canon, classical, maezel, symphony

	"Agnus Dei" by Georges Bizet sung by Enrico Caruso Posted by: Amiduffer Video duration: 299 seconds Awsome! The YouTube community comes through! eblackadder3 gets a big thank you for listing all the songs on my Caruso cassette. Enjoy this rarely played song by the great Tenor Caruso! Related: agnus, bizet, caruso, classical, dei, enrico, georges

A Defense Of Poetry by Percy Bysshe Shelley Posted by: Amiduffer Video duration: 585 seconds A reading of excerpts from Shelleys essay, which, to my mind, explicitly makes the assertion that he is a "romantic" poet sound hollow and false. "Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted." Related: arts, bysshe, communications, humanities, language, percy, performing, poetry, science, shelley, social

Ivan Stevenov learns the Russian alphabet Posted by: Amiduffer Video duration: 243 seconds Thanks to my friend Victor taking the time to teach us, I decided to give it a try and learn the Russian alphabet. Wanting to have as much fun as possible doing so, introduce Ivan as my character to present the results. Yes, I know that my attempt at the accent is laughable, so please forgive me. Related: alphabet, lesson, russian, usenetposts

Brandenburg Concerto #1 in F by Bach with period instruments Posted by: Amiduffer Video duration: 544 seconds Conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt leading the Concentus Musicus Vienna. This video only has the first two movements. I thought folks might be amused at seeing the somewhat younger Harnoncourt at his specialty of Baroque music. Related: bach, baroque, brandenburg, classical, concerto, harnoncourt, nickolaus

Gems Of the SF Bay area Posted by: Amiduffer Video duration: 145 seconds Free books, Goodwill, and you can recycle a lot of different stuff! This kind of setup should be in every community! Books should be recycled not dumped! Its at the end of Schmidt St in El Cerrito Ca. Here's their website http://www.ecrecycli ng.org/ I'm rather bewildered by all the hits this video is getting. Its totally out of proportion to what I get normally. Related: government, local, recycling, regional

	"I Wonder As I Wander" ~ John Jacob Niles Posted by: Amiduffer Video duration: 235 seconds An attempt at this old folk standard going out to Cindy, just in time to preempt all the horrid commercialization of the Christmas holiday. Background music made possible by my 1991 Commodore Amiga and Deluxe Music Construction Set. Related: amiga, appalacian, commodore, folk, jacob, john, niles

"Where'er you walk" by George Frideric Handel Posted by: Amiduffer Video duration: 381 seconds From the opera Semele. After listening to John McCormicks beautiful rendition on another YT channel, and Roland Hayes, this sounds rather poor, but, I gave it the old college try. Here's the site for the contest. http://www.hawaii publicradio.org/hpr/ index.php?option=com _content&task=view&i d=351&Itemid=112 Too bad its only for residents of Hawaii. Related: classical, handel, semele

François Rabelais - A Fox, a Lion, and an old hag Posted by: Amiduffer Video duration: 398 seconds Bon jour! An amusing tale of talking lions and foxes, and anatomical investigations in the over-the-top language of Rabelais. This is an excerpt from Book 2, chapter 15 of his magnum opus Pantagruel and Gargantua, one that is highly recomended that you read. Related: fart, fox, françois, hag, lion, rabelais

	A Man's A Man For A' That ~ Robert Burns Posted by: Amiduffer Video duration: 295 seconds A rendition of Rabbi's song done with a poor attempt at a Scotish accent. Take it as you will. Thanks for stopping by! Related: burns, fools, lords, poem, robert

	Love is Mine ~ Enrico Caruso Posted by: Amiduffer Video duration: 310 seconds Update: A huge thanks to ianjacobs1 for identifying this song "Love is Mine", which he says was recorded 27 Dec 1911 and was written by a composer called Gartner. If anyone has info on the rest of the songs on the tape, please contact me. Thanks for listening. Related: caruso, enrico, mystery

"Fix Me Jesus" arr. Hall Johnson sung by Richard Riley Posted by: Amiduffer Video duration: 168 seconds A sublime performance of this negro spiritual was recored February 1995 in San Francisco CA. Richard Riley is an active singer in the Sonoma California area and is well versed in many different types of music. His concert schedule is available at www.voicelikeanangel .com Uploaded with the very kind permission of the artist. Support your local musicians! Related: fix, hall, jesus, johnson, me, negro, richard, riley, spiritual

	Washington & Lincolns Thanksgiving Day Proclamations Posted by: Amiduffer Video duration: 463 seconds A reading of the Thanksgiving day proclamations Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln issued during their terms in office. Related: abraham, george, history, lincoln, thanksgiving, washington

	Leibniz VS. Newton - What is economics? Posted by: Amiduffer Video duration: 280 seconds A response to Professor Wraith about the fundamentals of economics and the universe taking off from the fight between Leibniz and Newton back in the 18th century. Related: correspondence, economics, leibniz, newton

	"Here's One" arranged by William Grant Still Posted by: Amiduffer Video duration: 208 seconds A touching performance of this negro spiritual by Helen Dilworth of San Francisco in 1995. Piano accompanist was Dr. Bill Allen. Uploaded with the kind permission of the artist. Related: dilworth, grant, helen, negro, spiritual, still, william

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