CROSS WITH W&M
GARDINER, REV. DR. W.R.
Correspondence Cross With W&M EVIDENTLY the College of William and Mary saw only a glimmer of light as they didn’t return the cross to its rightful place on the altar, but rather to a glass...
...There is another reason modern audiences enjoy Bach’s music: It is diffi cult to find live...
...The “been there, done that” attitude of conductors and musical directors results in a critical shortage of quality choral and instrumental music before the Romantic period...
...it requires Scotch, preferably single malt...
...South Dakotans insist on calling their capital “peer” while the rest of us rudely call it “pee-air...
...From Bach’s Mass in B Minor and his “Saint Matthew Passion,” to a toccata and fugue in every key imaginable, the composer’s grand brilliance is undeniable...
...Bach...
...REV...
...KENNETH J. WOLFE Alexandria, Va...
...What most people know as a vodka martini is more accurately called a Kangaroo Cocktail...
...GARDINER Montross, Va...
...One reason even modern audiences appreciate Bach’s musical work is that his style was magnifi cent yet well ordered...
...I BACK BACH IN “Bach to the Future” (Feb...
...And Bach avoided the disorder of modernist tricks such as ever-changing volumes and tempos, dissonance, and the schmaltz that unfortunately has dominated classical music since the early 1800s...
...Crosses belong on altars, not as an exhibit in a glass case to be an object of curiosity rather than the symbol of the Christian faith, the faith that established William and Mary...
...IS IT FIVE O’CLOCK YET...
...Alas, few bartenders actually know that, so they end up bastardizing a great drink...
...SENSITIVITY SPELLING REGARDING THE SCRAPBOOK’s “Oh, Kolkata...
...Bach took his music to new levels, with chords and power that fi ll every arch of the churches for which they were composed...
...DREW HYMER Medford, Ore...
...We should not be surprised audiences love J.S...
...Angostura, which is one brand among many (Peychaud’s, Fee Bros., etc...
...People outside of Oregon maliciously call the state “or-a-gawn” while the natives call it “or-a-gun...
...Last, a martini is gin, and only gin...
...Many orchestras, including the National Symphony Orchestra, perform 19th- and 20th-century works while almost always neglecting the masters of earlier generations...
...So while including bitters in the recipe is correct, the inclusion of “Angostura” reads like an advertisement—akin to saying a Manhattan may only be made with Cinzano vermouth...
...Would that more choirs and orchestras comprehended this...
...March 5): Why stop at changing the spelling of Calcutta...
...The man was a genius...
...Why show Bengalis the respect that we’re unwilling to show our fellow Americans...
...26), George B. Stauffer writes, “There is also the question of precisely what it is about Bach’s works that makes them so appealing to modern audiences...
...All maps sold outside of those locales should be changed to refl ect the correct pronunciation...
...Correspondence Cross With W&M EVIDENTLY the College of William and Mary saw only a glimmer of light as they didn’t return the cross to its rightful place on the altar, but rather to a glass case (THE SCRAPBOOK, March 19...
...is not required in either recipe...
...REGARDING Victorino Matus’s “I’ll Take Manhattan” (March 12): A Rob Roy doesn’t require generic “whiskey...
...DAVE WILKINSON Houston, Tex...
...A Manhattan does not include bourbon, it employs American rye whiskey, which by legal defi nition is at least 51 percent rye, whereas bourbon is at least 51 percent corn (there are other differences, but that’s the important one...
Vol. 12 • March 2007 • No. 27
