Cello+Thoughts

May 15

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An excellent essay on Beethoven in the NY Review of Books.

“If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend six sharpening my ax.” — Abraham Lincoln

My suggested bowings and fingerings for the audition excerpts required by the Carnegie Hall National Youth Orchestra (NYO):

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“πάντα χωρεῖ καὶ οὐδὲν μένει” καὶ “δὶς ἐς τὸν αὐτὸν ποταμὸν οὐκ ἂν ἐμβαίης”

“You could not step twice into the same river; for other waters are ever flowing on to you;”

or (variant translation):

“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.”

” — Heraclitus of Ephesus
as quoted by Plato in his Cratylus

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Brevard Cello Mock Audition Info

“A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.” — Mark Twain

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