Tag Archives: Beethoven

Composers in the British National Corpus

Posted on October 15, 2004 by vhk10

I have recently come across this intriguing graphical representation of the frequency of words in the British National Corpus, a corpus of spoken and written British English dating from the early 1990’s. As it includes proper names, I tried various … Continue reading →

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things I’d like to sing (2)

Posted on February 12, 2004 by vhk10

A sequel to my earlier posting of anthems etc. I feel overdue for singing. Now for some of the larger scale works. In some cases the reason I haven’t done them is clear; I’ve been in small chamber choirs rather … Continue reading →

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Bath’s Mozartfest

Posted on November 13, 2003 by vhk10

The Bath annual Mozartfest is in full swing and I’ve been to a couple of concerts. Last Friday I heard Barbara Bonney in the Assembly Rooms singing a Masonic cantata by Mozart, some Liszt songs (none in my repertoire), Berlioz’ … Continue reading →

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