[lit-ideas] Re: No One Reads History/ A Cool Grot
- From: Mike Geary <jejunejesuit.geary2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 00:12:10 -0500
I did not know that. None of it. Thank you, David, you have turned my life
around. Henceforth, I shall go forth knowing this. Thank you, thank you,
thank you.
Mike Geary
in a mood,
in Memphis : )
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 11:35 PM, David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Did you know that Wellington's dad, the Earl of Mornington, wrote music,
> "glees, songs and ballads"? "One of his Chants [doesn't say which one] is
> still echoed in our venerable cathedrals, and is admired by all lovers of
> sacred music. Five of his glees have retained their great popularity:- 1.
> 'Hail, hallowed Fane'; 2. 'Come, fairest Nymph'; 3. 'Here is a cool Grot';
> 4. 'When for this World's repose'; 5. 'Go, happy Shade. A much respected
> friend, well acquainted with this class of music, assures me that, on the
> whole, he prefers Lord Mornington's compositions to those of Sir Henry
> Bishop; and that his lordship's knowledge of counter-point, and of music as
> a science, was as profound as his taste was pure. He had begun the study of
> music as a child, his father having been a musician before him."
> Macfarlane, Life of Wellington, 1851.
>
> I had no idea what a glee was, but now find that the dad must have been
> among its last devotees. Fane comes from Latin, a feasty sort of temple.
> "Hello Holy Temple," was of course not a possible title because "hello"
> hadn't yet been invented. Same problem with "What Ho, Holy Temple."
>
> After Eton, Wellington went to France to learn at an military academy, but
> a different one from Napoleon.
>
> 'strawdinry.
>
> David Ritchie,
> avoiding Carole King, James Taylor and fundraising in
> Portland, Oregon
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