AtDtDA(34): Up in the Balkan Range

[grladams at teleport.com]

Cyprian as monk, thrush song, nice finds! In less that one week I will be
joining my family for reunion in a strip of the US that still has Hermit
Thrush song. I'll have no structure and certainly no email for a while, but
I've enjoyed the posts, except for the catty ones...

Jill

Original Message:
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From: David Payne dpayne1912 at hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:45:03 +0000
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: RE: AtDtDA(34): Up in the Balkan Range




On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 (12:43:00 -0500), Dave Monroe
(against.the.dave at gmail.com) wrote:

> "singing in modal scales"
>
> This point to any particular thrush? Help!

The thrush "singing in modal scales" points to monks, "choral voices." 

Was the thrush mimicking the monks, thereby passing a message picked up by
Ljubica that drew her attention upward, where the monks have continued
ancient practices, concealed? (Lotta up/down-dark/light references on the
page.)

To more directly address the question--if it weren't for the highly local
suggestion ("*Bulgarian* thrush"), I'd suggest the song thrush (see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_Thrush).

But more importantly, check out the legend of "The Monk and the Bird's
Song" (http://tinyurl.com/6juzkf).

Is Cyprian the monk who wandered off for an afternoon, got lost in the
birdsong, and returned 1,000 years to the monastery? Hence "Welcome home"?
(If not, why the "Welcome home"?)

Finally, don't forget that when AtD mentions monks and music, we should
probably think of Thelonious.
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