AtDtDA(34): Up in the Balkan Range

[Dave Monroe]

On 6/23/08, David Payne <dpayne1912 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> The thrush "singing in modal scales" points to monks, "choral voices."
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> 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.)
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> 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).
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> But more importantly, check out the legend of "The Monk and the Bird's Song" (http://tinyurl.com/6juzkf).
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> 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"?)
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> Finally, don't forget that when AtD mentions monks and music, we should probably think of Thelonious.

Thanks!  Also ...

Would these monks, voices, be holy ...?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Modal_Rounders