Modern Music (M&D page 264)

[Thomas Vieth]

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From:	awestrop at crl.com (Alan Westrope)
To:	pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: Re: Modern Music (M&D page 264)
I cannot think of the page number, right now, but this must be connected 
to the scene when they marvel that bag-pipes do not stop for breath. 
Combined with that you quoted below, there must be yet some other 
meaning behind this. Any comments?


Euphrenia describes being "oblig'd to keep Starvation off my Sill, by
pretending to be an Automaton Oboe player."  The technique she used
is clearly "circular breathing" as employed by numerous jazz horn
players -- a few who come to mind are Harry Carney, Clark Terry, Phil
Woods, Roland Kirk, and Bruce Fowler.  It's not used by "classical"
wind instrument players, to my knowledge, and was certainly unknown
in the days of Euphrenia and her beloved Hautbois.

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Thomas Vieth
Down with Triolahidi
Long live Hollerodullyo



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