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Date: Wed, 2 Mar 1994 22:52:06 EST
Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
Sender: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
From: Jesse Hurlbut
Subject: Re: Book in Performance
In-Reply-To: Message of Wed,
29 Dec 1993 15:29:52 EST from
Could someone please report on the Book in Performance conference in
Santa Barbara? I'm dying to hear about it!
Jesse Hurlbut
frejdh@ukcc.uky.edu
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Date: Thu, 3 Mar 1994 00:21:59 EST
Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
Sender: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
From: Mark Kupferman
Subject: FYI - RFD rec.arts.theatre.musicals
This is the formal request for discussion for a new unmoderated newsgroup
to be called "rec.arts.theatre.musicals." It is being sent to this mailing
list for informational purposes. If you would like to contribute to the
discussion regarding this newsgroup, please see news.groups.
- - - - - - NAME - - - - - -
rec.arts.theatre.musicals
- - - - - - CHARTER - - - - - -
In the book _Broadway_, Brook Atkinson says "From a scholarly point of
view, the musical show may be more legitimate then the spoken drama. If
the art of theater began with trbial festivals, with singing, dancing,
pantomime, mummery, and celebration in primative times, the musical
show retains more of the original ingredients and spirit than the
spoken drama. What the spoken drama has gained in form and mind, it
has lost in scope and variety." (1)
Ever since Jerome Kern's _Show_Boat_ in 1927, the American musical
has played an significant role in the development of the modern
American theater. Ask anyone you meet on the street, and chances are
they've heard of _Cats_, _Phantom_of_the_Opera_, _Oklahoma!, _Hair!_,
_A_Chorus_Line_, and any of the other hundreds of musicals that
get revived time after time throughout the country. Musicals such as
_Falsettos_ and _Miss_Saigon_ have helped us to deal with contemporary
issues in a way not possible in any other medium, while other shows such
as _Forever_Plaid_ have taken us back to the music of our youth. In all
cases, the spirited song from the stage seems to bear a magical quality
that sets our toes tapping, our lips moving, and our hearts free.
Rec.arts.theatre.musicals is a new newsgroup intended to provide a home
for everyone to share their experience, ideas, thoughts, and comments
about musicals. It is a place to talk about musicals being performed on
Broadway, musicals being performed in community theaters, musicals performed
in college theaters, and musicals being performed in community theaters.
Rec.arts.theatre.musicals is a place to discuss subsidiary issues related
to musical theater, such as cast albums and televised performances. It is
a place to talk about the actors you loved in _______ and the actors you
hated in __________. It is a place to share gossip and tidbits about
upcoming performances and a place to ask questions about what musicals are
playing where. It is a place to ask about ticket prices.
Generally speaking, if a show has a lyricist rather than a playwright,
then discussion of that show falls under the scope of
rec.arts.theatre.musicals.
- - - - - - RULES - - - - - -
Rec.arts.theatre.musicals will be an unmoderated group, which means
anyone is free to post messages to the newsgroup. All criticism ought
to be constructive and polite, and all messages ought to be compatable
with generally accepted nettiquite. Personal messages in the newsgroup
is discouraged, although not so that it limits free and unencumbered
discussion.
It is also useful to acknowledge the parent of this group,
rec.arts.theatre, and the relationship of that group to this one.
Rec.arts.theatre.musicals is a sub-topic of rec.arts.theatre, which means
that if the message wouldn't fit in rec.arts.theatre, it probably doesn't
belong in rec.arts.theatre.musicals. However, it should be also kept in
mind that not all messages that belong in rec.arts.theatre belong in
rec.arts.theatre.musicals. If it's not musical related, it doesn't belong
in rec.arts.theatre.musicals.
On the other hand, the existance of rec.arts.theatre.musicals suggests
that messages related to musicals ought to be posted to the above named
group rather than to any other group, including but not limited to
rec.arts.theatre, although this is not to suggest that cross-posting is
discouraged when considered appropriate. rec.arts.theatre.musicals ought
to be considered a starting point for musical related messages. Whether or
not you cross-post to another group should be based on the charter of
the group in question. However, crossposting ALL messages to rec.arts.theatre
for no other reason than to increase propagation is discouraged.
- - - - - - BACKGROUND - - - - - -
The discussion of musicals on the internet isn't new. There is/was a
mailing list specifically devoted to the discussion of musicals. Also,
a majority of the discussion in rec.arts.theatre seems to center around
the discussion of both current and past musicals. Musicals are popular.
However, it is acknoweledged that musicals are only a part of the theatre
and that there are in fact many exciting types of theatre besides musicals.
It has become apparent though, that the domination of the topic of
musicals may have detrimentally effected discussion of other areas of
theatre simply because there is so MUCH discussion of musicals.
Apparently, musicals have begin popular enough as a topic to warrent a
newsgroup of their own. This will serve to alleviate a great deal of
the frustration on the part of many rec.arts.theatre members that discussion
about other topics is being curtailed because of the heavy concentration
on musicals. People not interested in talking about musicals were
leaving for mailing lists that dealt solely with theatre.
The issue is this: the focus of rec.arts.theatre is currently split. Some
people want to talk about musicals, other people want to talk about theatre.
Granted, everyone who wants to talk about one topic like to talk about
the other topic, but having the two intermixed is causing confusion.
- - - - - - REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD) - - - - - -
This Request for Discussion will be sent to the following newgroups:
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups
rec.arts.theatre
rec.arts.dance
rec.music.misc
alt.stagecraft
This Request for Discussion will be sent to the following mailing lists:
theatre The theatre discussion list
perform-l Performance Studies List
ARTMGT-l Arts Management Discussion Group
Stagecraft Stagecraft discussion list
Comedia A discussion of Hispanic Classic Theater
PERFORM Medieval Performing Arts
Followups will be directed to news.groups, as per USENET guidelines.
The discussion period will last for a month, counting from
March 2, 1994, the date the initial RFD message appears in
news.announce.newsgroups. A second RFD message will be published
two weeks later (March 16, 1994), reflecting any suggestions made
during the discussion. A call for votes will then follow.
________________________________________________________________________
Mark Kupferman catseye@minerva.cis.yale.edu
Yale School of Drama
Yale Repertory Theatre
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Date: Wed, 2 Mar 1994 23:57:47 -0700
Reply-To: REIFSNYDER DAVID E
Sender: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
From: REIFSNYDER DAVID E
Subject: Theatre.Perspectives.International Subscriptions
Many thanks to all of you who have expressed an interest in subscribing
to T.P.I., the new electronic journal dedicated to exploring the changing
nature of theatre around the world as it happens. In order to facilitate
the subscription and distribution process we have established a listserv
to allow you to automatically subscribe yourselves. The first issue will
hit the 'Net on March 31 and will include, along with many other things,
an extensive discussion with Anatoly Smeliansky, Artistic Director of the
Moscow Art Theatre and head of their actor training program, on
Stanislavski, Chekhov, the M.A.T., and the future of theatre in Russia.
To subscribe, send a message to
listserv@lists.Colorado.EDU
Leave the subject line blank and send the message
subscribe tpi
Questions concerning the journal should be addressed to Dave Reifsnyder
(reifsnyd@ucsu.Colorado.EDU) or Jim Zeiger (zeigere@ucsu.Colorado.EDU)
See you down the line -
Dave Reifsnyder
Editor T.P.I.
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Date: Fri, 4 Mar 1994 12:09:42 +0000
Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
Sender: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
From: Avril Henry
Subject: anybody there?
Nothing from any List has reached me for 24 hours, and the boffins here
swear that we're OK. Has there been a catastrophe?
--
Avril
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EMAIL: A.K.Henry@exeter.ac.uk PHONE: 0392-264252
SNAILMAIL: School of English & American Studies FAX: 0392-264377
University of Exeter
Queen's Building
Queen's Drive
EXETER, Devon, U.K.,EX4 4QH
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Date: Fri, 4 Mar 1994 14:07:08 EST
Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
Sender: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
From: "Dana D. Buck"
Subject: Dream Theatre
Hi. . .
I'm researching the Dream Theatre and The Body Politic, both based in Chicago in the early '70's. Anybody have info or anecdotes to share?
Mail to Dana Buck@um.cc.umich.edu
Thanks!
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Date: Tue, 15 Mar 1994 02:13:51 EST
Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
Sender: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
From: Mark Kupferman
Subject: Revised RFD - rec.arts.theatre.*
- - - - - - FORWARD - - - - - -
After much discussion and comments of the creation of the newsgroup
rec.arts.theatre.musicals, it has been generally acknowledged that,
rather than merely creating a sub group, it might be more elegant and
benficial to create a hierchy. This new RFD reflects those changes.
This is the formal Request For Discussion that calls for the creation
of four groups and the elimination of two groups, with the ultimate
intent of consolidating all of the theatre related groups into one
hierchy. The groups that would be created would be rec.arts.theatre.
plays, rec.arts.theatre.musicals, rec.arts.theatre.stagecraft, and
rec.arts.theatre.misc. All of these groups would be unmoderated.
- - - - - - NAMES - - - - - -
To be created:
rec.arts.theatre.musicals
rec.arts.theatre.plays
rec.arts.theatre.stagecraft
rec.arts.theatre.misc
To be superceded (eliminated, if you will)
rec.arts.theatre
alt.stagecraft
- - - - - - CHARTER - - - - - -
Some people really believe theatre is dying. After all, hasn't it
been overrun by television, movies, and virtual reality? Aren't those
theatres that still exist struggling year in and year out to fill the
seats? Why on Earth would anyone believe that there was enough
interest in the theatre to dedicate at least FOUR newsgroups to
discussion of the theatre? Has someone gone INSANE?
Theatre isn't dying. Not even close. If you check out the state of
theatre over the last three thousand years, you'll notice that theatre
is actually celebrating a kind of rennesance of it's own. There are
thousands and thousands of theatres all over the world! There are
regional theatres, Broadway theatres, summerstock theatres, community
theatres, college theatres, high school theatres, dinner theatres...
Never in this century has there been as many theatres or as many
people interested in theatre as there are today. Never has there been
so many people who actually hold college degrees in theatre.
The point is, theater today is very popular, and people like to
discuss it. And they do. As suprising as it might sound, there is a
lot of theatre related traffic on the internet--both in currently
existing newsgroups and in a variety of mailing lists. If you do a
Veronica search of the word theatre you'll fill up the buffer, there
are so many references. As more and more people become involved in
the internet and Usenet, they're looking for a place to discuss and
learn about things that they do off the net.
- - - - - - rec.arts.theatre.musicals - - - - - -
In the book _Broadway_, Brook Atkinson says "From a scholarly point of
view, the musical show may be more legitimate then the spoken drama. If
the art of theater began with trbial festivals, with singing, dancing,
pantomime, mummery, and celebration in primative times, the musical
show retains more of the original ingredients and spirit than the
spoken drama. What the spoken drama has gained in form and mind, it
has lost in scope and variety." (1)
Ask anyone you meet on the street, and chances are they've heard of
_Cats_, _Phantom_of_the_Opera_, _Oklahoma!, _Hair!_, _A_Chorus_Line_,
and any of the other hundreds of musicals that get revived time after
time throughout the world. Musicals such as _Falsettos_ and _Miss
Saigon_ have helped us to deal with contemporary issues in a way not
possible in any other medium, while other shows such as _Forever_Plaid
have taken us back to the music of our youth. In all cases, the
spirited song from the stage seems to bear a magical quality that sets
our toes tapping, our lips moving, and our hearts free.
Rec.arts.theatre.musicals is a new newsgroup intended to provide a home
for everyone to share their experience, ideas, thoughts, and comments
about musicals. It is a place to talk about musicals being performed on
Broadway, musicals being performed in community theaters, musicals performed
in college theaters, and musicals being performed in community theaters.
Rec.arts.theatre.musicals is a place to discuss subsidiary issues related
to musical theater, such as cast albums and televised performances. It is
a place to talk about the actors you loved in _______ and the actors you
hated in __________. It is a place to share gossip and tidbits about
upcoming performances and a place to ask questions about what musicals are
playing where. It is a place to ask about ticket prices.
- - - - - - rec.arts.theatre.plays - - - - - -
While musicals and operas seem to have captured part of the limelight
for the last few hundred years, plays have been delighting audiences
since thousands of years ago. Whether you're a fan of the tragedies
performed at the City Dionysus in 534 bc, Roman fabula togatas of
150 bc, Sanskrit dramas of the fourth century A.D., liturgical
dramas of the early middle ages, religious cycles of the fourteenth
century, morality plays of the sixteenth century, neoclassical theatre,
naturalistic theatre, or contemporary theatre, rec.arts.theatre.plays is
the place to bring to light all of your dramaturgical questions and
comments.
- - - - - - rec.arts.theatre.stagecraft - - - - - -
It was once said that the only thing you need for theatre is some
actors and an audience, but the fact is we enjoy performances a lot
more when there is some kind of atmosphere and context. We've grown
used to seeing magic happen on the stage, but what it takes to create
that magic is a lot of technical knowledge that can only serve the
world better if it is distributed.
- - - - - - rec.arts.theatre.misc - - - - - -
What is the purpose of theatre? What purpose is theatre going to serve
in the twenty first century? Does theatre need to serve a function?
What is appropriate dress to wear to the theatre? How does one go about
finding a theatre? How does one spell theatre/er?
There are a lot of questions that clearly don't fall into the discussion
of plays, the discussion of musicals, or the discussion of stagecraft.
Rec.arts.theatre.misc is a new group intended to cover all of these
issues including but not limited to topics such as: acting, directing,
theatre management, design, and stage management.
- - - - - - RULES - - - - - -
ALL FOUR GROUPS ARE UNMODERATED
All four newsgroups will be unmoderated, which means anyone is free to
post messages to the newsgroup. All criticism ought to be constructive
and polite, and all messages ought to be compatable with generally
accepted nettiquite. Personal messages in the newsgroup is discouraged,
although not so that it limits free and unencumbered discussion.
CROSSPOSTING WITHIN REC.ARTS.THEATRE.*
Like other hierchies, all of the newsgroups within the r.a.t.* are
related, yet at the same time we have to acknowledge that they are
seperate groups and that there will be a tendency to cross-post
announcements between the groups. However, it is also acknowledged
that anyone capable of reading one of the four groups will most
likely know about and have access to the other groups in the hierchy.
Therefore, we can logically conclude that if someone isn't subscribed
to all four groups it is for a reason, and not a mischance.
The point is this: Consistant crossposting between all four newsgroups
ultimately defeats the purpose of having seperate newsgroups.if you have a
message that is truly related to more than one of the topics, such as a play
with a lot of music or if you are talking about how the tire rises in the
Broadway production of _Cats_, then by all means users are encouraged to
cross-post their message to more than one group. However, just because you
*really* need to know who wrote the play _Chryseide_and_Arimand_ doesn't
mean you ought to post the message to rec.arts.theatre.stagecraft.
Posters are asked to use their own judgement regarding what ought to
be discussed in more than one group.
USE OF FOLLOWUP-TO: ENCOURANGED WHEN CROSSPOSTING
If you ARE going to crosspost between the four groups, it is recommended
that you include a "Followup-To:" expression in the header of your
message, which will ultimately point traffic towards one group. The
justification for this is because the assumption is once again made that
people will tend to read all four of the groups and that having the same
thread appear in two, three or four newsgroups will ultimately prove
annoying. Under this method, people who do not read all four groups will
at least know the discussion is taking place and will have the option
of engaging in that discussion by joining whichever group the topic is
being followed up to. This will hopefully eliminate superfluous net
traffic.
- - - - - - BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION- - - - - -
WHY SUPERCEDE REC.ARTS.THEATRE WITH REC.ARTS.THEATRE.*?
For a long time it has been rightly maintained that perhaps there
wasn't enough activity in rec.arts.theatre to justify the creation
of an entire hierchy. If it works, why take the risk of breaking it?
But as USENET has expanded and as more and more people are posting
messages, many of the readers began to acknowledge that perhaps it
was time to subdivide discussion into more managable chunks. This
isn't about "getting rid of" a particular group any more than it
is about keeping some other group. Rather, it is about making the
structure of the group match the needs of the readers.
It has been suggested, for example, that people use kill files to
eliminate unwanted discussion. But the fact is, unwanted discussion
isn't the problem. It's not that people aren't interested in a
certain type of message--it's just that people aren't interested
in discussing apples an oranges at the same time. I may not want
to read about musicals when I'm concentrating on techincally
related messages or issues in the theatre, but I will want to read
about them before or after. I certainly don't want to eliminate them.
It has also been suggested that prefixes be used to seperate
different kinds of messages, bothe for the purposes of kill files
and for the sake of categorizing messages. This is a stopgap measure
at best. First of all, people simply don't care enough to memorize
a list of approved prefixes. Second, people don't care enough to
use prefixes. Maybe some do, but not enough to solve the problem.
Plus, I don't think anyone wants to feel that they need to put
special codes at the beginning of each of their messages--most
people just want to post. Finally, prefixes have already been tried.
It didn't work. People didn't use them. While it is an excellent
idea, it just doesn't seem to work well enough in rec.arts.theatre
to solve the problem.
As up to 100 message a day appear in rec.arts.theatre, it gets
harder and harder to keep up. Many people have abandoned the
newsgroup completely in favor of mailing lists that are more
focused than rec.arts.theatre, which ultimately limits the
propigation of their thoughts and comments when in fact they
could be sharing with the entire net.
A rec.arts.theatre hierchy will solve many of these issues while
at the same time setting precident for the eventual expansion of
the group as a whole. Should any topic, such as acting for example,
be popular to warrent it's own topic, it will ultimately be easy
to add it within the rec.arts.theatre hierchy.
In the end, the hierchy proposal is the result of a lot of
discussion between many of the contributors to rec.arts.theatre.
WHY SUPERCEDE ALT.STAGECRAFT WITH REC.ARTS.THEATRE.STAGECRAFT?
Stagecraft and technical production is a legitimate part of the
theater. It is an important part of the theater. Theater today
would not be the same without it. The fact is, an awful lot of
sites don't receive alt.*, and a lot of people interested in
theater can only hear about technical discussion from friends who
happen to have access. Considering rapid expansion in all areas
of theatrical discussion on the internet, perhaps it is now
time for stagecraft to assume it's legitimate place in the Usenet
hierchy, where it will be able to serve the most good to the
most people.
- - - - - - REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD) - - - - - -
This RFD will be sent to the following newgroups:
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups
rec.arts.theatre
rec.arts.dance
rec.music.misc
alt.stagecraft
This RFD will be sent to the following mailing lists:
theatre The theatre discussion list
perform-l Performance Studies List
ARTMGT-l Arts Management Discussion Group
Stagecraft Stagecraft discussion list
Comedia A discussion of Hispanic Classic Theater
PERFORM Medieval Performing Arts
Followups will be directed to news.groups, as per USENET guidelines.
If you do not have access to Usenet, comments may be sent to
catseye@minerva.cis.yale.edu.
________________________________________________________________________
Mark Kupferman catseye@minerva.cis.yale.edu
Yale School of Drama
Yale Repertory Theatre
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Date: Wed, 16 Mar 1994 15:40:33 -0600
Reply-To: William Rankin
Sender: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
From: William Rankin
Subject: Requesting list descriptions...
************** WARNING: Heavily cross-posted **************
(This is perhaps one of the most foolish things I've ever done, but it seemed to
be the most efficient way to gather information. I apologize profusely in
advance for the enormous number of cross-postings.)
Greetings.
I am presently preparing a book about resources that are available for
medievalists on the Internet. The book, which should be ready in time for the
Medieval Congress in Kalamazoo, consists of an introduction to network basics,
an overview of useful software, and a catalogue of resources, with a thorough
reference section in the back.
To make the catalogue more useful, I'd like to get a brief descriptive paragraph
about each pertinent discussion group. Ideally, this paragraph should be
prepared by the listowner and should contain information about your list's focus
and purpose, about subscribing (i.e. is it a listserv, are there any special
requirements, etc.) and about any other services that you offer (such as message
archives, gopher or telnet capabilities, and so forth). The introductory
paragraphs sent to new members or to announce a new list are more than adequate.
Please post these directly to me at ranki001@maroon.tc.umn.edu. So that I'm not
completely buried in mail (my greatest present fear), I'll notify each group
once I've gotten the necessary information.
I already have such information for the following groups:
ANSAX-L ARTHURNET EMEDCH-L FICINO FRANCEHS H-RHETOR MDVLPHIL
MEDLITERACY-L OLDNORSENET REED-L STUDIUM
This message has been sent to the following groups (If you know of a group that
might be useful to medievalists that doesn't appear here or in the list above,
please forward this message):
BYZANS-L CELTIC-L CHAUCER CURIA-L EARLYM-L EMHIST-L ESPORA-L
GAELIC-L GERLING-L GRMNHIST H-ALBION H-ITALY H-WOMEN HEBREW-L
HEL-L HISLAW-L ISLAM-L LATIN-L LITURGY MAPHIST
MED-AND-REN-MUSIC MEDEVLIT MEDFEM-L MEDGAY-L MEDGER-L MEDIBER
MEDIEV-L MEDSCI-L MEDTEXT-L ORTRAD-L PERFORM RENAIS-L
William Rankin Department of English and
306 Lind Hall, 207 Church St. SE Program in Composition and Communication
University of Minnesota Internet: ranki001@maroon.tc.umn.edu
Minneapolis MN 55455-0134 rank0004@gold.tc.umn.edu
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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 12:39:05 EST
Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
Sender: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
Comments: Resent-From: Jesse Hurlbut
Comments: Originally-From: wfregosi@MIT.EDU
From: Jesse Hurlbut
Subject: Music Drama on CDs or any Media
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Does anyone have a recommendation on good, modern recordings of Medieval music
dramas? My collection includes the classic New York Pro Musica PLAY OF DANIEL,
French recordings of the PLAY OF HEROD and THE PLAY OF ROBIN AND MARIAN, a very
beautiful Spanish mystery on an old Musical Heritage Society set, and some
smaller works or fragments. Has anyone an opinion on two Hungarotone CDs pub-
lished under the title PLAYS OF ST. NICHOLAS? I would appreciate any infor-
mation or opinion. Thanks!
Bill Fregosi
Technical Coordinator for Theatre Arts at M.I.T.
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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 13:36:54 EST
Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
Sender: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
From: Larry Clopper
Subject: Re: Music Drama on CDs or any Media
Indiana University Press issued the Benediktbeuern passion play and, I think,
some others. Performances were by Tom Binkley's group at the Early Music
Institute. Wonderful performances.
Larry Clopper
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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 16:49:20 -0500
Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
Sender: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
From: Steve Wright
Subject: Re: Music Drama on CDs or any Media
Don't overlook the recording of Hildegard's _Ordo Virtutum_ as performed
by the German group Sequentia. I can post full discographical (?) details
if you wish, but it should be in your record (if you'll excuse the
anachronism) store's catalogue if not its inventory.
--Steve Wright
Catholic University
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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 19:05:45 -0500
Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
Sender: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
From: Valcke Juliette
Subject: Subscription
Hello!
Could you please tell me how to subscribe to your list?
Thank you very much,
Juliette Valcke
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Date: Sat, 19 Mar 1994 14:33:23 EST
Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
Sender: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
From: "Alice V. Clark"
Subject: Re: Music Drama on CDs or any Media
In-Reply-To: Jesse Hurlbut "Music Drama on CDs or any
Media" (Mar 18, 12:39pm)
Two more for your list: Frederick Renz's Ensemble for Early Music has,
I believe, recorded the Play of Daniel--a recording likely to be a nice
contrast to Noah Greenberg's early one. Also, Thomas Binkley and the
people at Indiana have done the Jeu de Robin et Marian. I'll see if I
can get more information on those.
Alice V. Clark
Princeton University
avclark@phoenix.princeton.edu
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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 17:08:00 EST
Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
Sender: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
From: Steve Wright
Subject: Muslim Passion Play
Milla and others: I was flipping through the introduction to Furnivall's
old edition of the Digby Plays and I came across the following enigmatic
note: "The Daily News of April 4, 1881, has a long account of a
Musselman [sic] Passion Play." I haven't tracked down the article in
question, but I was curious whether anyone had a clue as to what this
is all about. Any relation to the Taziyah?
--Steve Wright
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Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 01:15:05 CST
Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
Sender: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
From: Milton Scheuermann
Subject: MEDIEVAL CONCERT
Concert Announcement
The New Orleans Musica da Camera announces performances of its third production
for its 1993-94 season.
"FASCINATING RHYTHM"
The rhythmic variety of medieval music - in collaboration with noted medieval
musicologist, Hendrik van der Werf, of the Eastman School of Music.
PROGRAM
A L'ENTRADA DEL TEMPS CLAR - Anonymous
A CHANTAR M'EM - Comtessa de Dia
L'AUTRIER JOST' UNA SEBISSA - Marcabru
CAN VEI LA LAUZETA - Bernart de Ventadorn
LA PRIMA ESTAMPIE ROYAL - Anonymous
BELE DOETTE - Anonymous
TANT CON JE VIVRAI - Adam de le Halle
JE MUIR, JE MUIR D'AMOURETE - Adam de le Halle
BONNE AMOURETE - Adam de le Halle
CHANTERAI POR MON CORAGE - Guiot de Dijon
DANSE - Anonymous
CUER DESIRROUS APAIE - Blondel de Nesle
CE FU EN MAI - Moinot d'Arras
KALENDA MAYA - Raimbaut de Vaqueiras
PERFORMERS
Milton G. Scheuermann, Jr. - Co-Director & Instrumentalist
Thais St. Julien - Co-Director & Singer
Richard Hutton - Singer
Betty Wauchope - Instrumentalist
Gretchen Anex - Instrumentalist
Ben Schenck - Instrumentalist
CONCERT LOCATIONS
Sunday 10 April 3:00pm St. Joseph Abbey - St. Benedict, LA
Sunday 17 April 4:00pm Ursuline Chapel - New Orleans, LA
Thursday 21 April 8:00pm UNO Performing Arts Center - New Orleans, LA
Friday 22 April 8:00pm Jefferson Presb. Church - Jefferson, LA
Sunday 24 April 3:00pm Holy Name of Mary Church - Algiers, LA
For further information call 504-897-1624 or by E-Mail as follows:
or
Milton Scheuermann
Co-Director - New Orleans Musica da Camera
mgsjr@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu
1035 Eleonore St. - New Orleans, LA 70115
(504)-897-1624 (504)-897-3491
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Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 09:12:54 -0500
Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
Sender: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
From: RIGGIO@ADS.CC.TRINCOLL.EDU
Subject: Re: Muslim Passion Play
Dear Steve:
I haven't the faintest notion. That is about the time that Matthew
Arnold "reported" on the ta`ziyeh, but he based his report entirely on
the account of the French Count de Gobineau, who had seen the plays.
There were quite a number of English descriptions and travellers
accounts in the nineteenth century; I cite perhaps a half dozen or so
European accounts (with some in English) and have citations for as many
more that I did not use in a forthcoming article in this spring's
COMPARATIVE DRAMA. But I don't know the Daily News account. No doubt,
it does refer to the Muharram plays; I can't think of any other
"Musselman Passion Play," and these plays were much better known and
more popular in the nineteenth century - their heyday - than now. The
major theatre in Iran in the nineteenth century was modelled on the
Royal Albert Hall; the Shah himself loaned his carriages to
proiductions, and in the early twentieth century it is reported that
taziyeh performers rode into their arena in an automobile of his. So
it's not all that surprising. But what would be astonishing would be
a production in England! Or anywhere but Iran/Persia. So it's worth
my looking up the Daily News to see what it will yield. Thanks for
the reference.
Best,
Milla
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Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 10:07:00 EDT
Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
Sender: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
From: John Bell
Subject: Re: Muslim Passion Play
Not having seen the Furnivall reference, I would say it is likely a reference
to Ta'ziyeh theater in Iran, although Muharram celebrations among Shi'i
Muslims also take place elsewhere. A good contact on this is Milla Riggio
at Trinity College (Hartford, Connecticut); also Peter Chelkowski at NYU.
Perhaps they are familiar with the enigmatic reference in the 1881 Daily News.
(By the way, a theater piece quite influenced by ta'ziyeh is Reza Abdoh's
_Quotations from a Ruined City_, playing in NYC through April 10.)
John Bell
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Date: Wed, 23 Mar 1994 12:00:46 -0500
Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
Sender: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
From: Thomas Campbell
Subject: Re: Music Drama on CDs or any Media
You may already know about John Barker's book, _The Use of Music and
Recordings for TEaching about the Middle Ages_ (Medieval Institute,
1988). It contains a rather full discography, arranged by record
label.
Tom Campbell, Wabash College
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Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 15:45:00 CST
Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
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From: "Robert J. Dougherty"
Subject: EXTERNAL DEGREE PROGRAMS
Every once in a while we get requests for information
about "online degee programs" or "off-campus
degree programs." While we DO NOT offer an "online
degree program", we do offer an "external degree program."
Students complete the majority of work at a distance
from campus. Perhaps you could pass this information
on if you can't use it personally.
The University of Oklahoma's College of Liberal
Studies offers fully accredited Bachelor's and
Master's degrees which are earned mainly through
independent study.
Our program consists mostly of non-traditional
students from all over the country and the world.
Almost all of our students work full time.
Most of the program is completed through independent
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on campus attending seminars as they progress
through the program. For more information please
call our Coordinator of Student Information, Frank
Rodriquez at 1-800-522-4389 or 405-325-1061. Frank
can answer questions or send you some literature.
Or of course feel free to send an EMAIL request
with your complete US Postal service mailing address
and I will be glad to send you the information.
Sincerely,
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Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 00:34:01 -0700
Reply-To: REIFSNYDER DAVID E
Sender: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
From: REIFSNYDER DAVID E
Subject: Coming Soon - TPI
First, a brief apology to those of you whole subscribe to multiple lists
and receive this message repeatedly. It is important to cross-post
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Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 15:01:08 GMT
Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
Sender: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
From: "Graham A. Runnalls"
Subject: Garter's Susanna
Is there any critical work on Thomas Garter's *Commody of
the moste vertuous and Godlye Susanna* (Malone Reprints),
other than the article by Olga Horner in METh 8 (1986)?
g.a.runnalls@ed.ac.uk
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Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 10:17:07 -0500
Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts
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From: "John D. Cox"
Subject: Re: Garter's Susanna
In answer to Graham Runnalls' query about Garter's *Susannah*, try Ruth
Blackburn, *Biblical Drama under the Tudors* (Mouton, 1971).