The Alan Sondheim Mail Archive

July 11, 2014


For E.S.V.M.

My candle burns at both ends;
Wow, how do you hold it!
    It will not last the night;
I guess from the middle?!
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends
Then you have to keep it horizontal!
    It gives a lovely light!
Wax goes everywhere!

My candle burns at both ends;
Yippee! We can see again!
    It will not last the night;
Two flames are better than one!
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends
Aren't they?
    It gives a lovely light!
I guess I'm speaking out of turn!!

My candle burns at both ends;
Zowee! A party!
    It will not last the night;
My night's ninety years long!
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends
How many times do we need to listen to Sting?
    It gives a lovely light!
Who's Sting?!!

My candle burns at both ends;
Watt's happening?! Try the new bulbs!!
    It will not last the night;
Things couldn't be better!
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends
Sorry, things just got better!
    It gives a lovely light!
Things just got best of all!!!!!!!!!!!

Music, sound, now for On Kawara and Charlie Haden


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http://www.alansondheim.org/alpzither1.mp3
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The Alpine zither is a beautiful instrument; I found one again,
this time with its full complement of 31 zither strings, plus
five for fingering. I'm surprised no one else is exploring
it - it's amazing. The raw file is above. I've also found a
modern piccolo (Selmer PC-300), and I've added a couple of
piccolo pieces as well. Then there are the three images of the
Alpine zither, in case you're not familiar. This one seems
quite old -

My sound comforts me, my music, the ch'in or keyboard, piccolo
or fretted piccolo octaved doubled, running on piccolo or ch'in.
Or want them writing this text, that jump starting off color
film camera flash light struck dumb bell weather worn down town
house music box car body hair day care take cover girl friend
ship shape ride on time lost hope so far out bound up side
saddle horse drawn in it girl friend ship shape ride on time
lost hope so far out bound up side ways off color film camera
flash gun trigger happy days work horse drawn in camera flash
light struck out bound up town house hold it girl friend ship
yard arm pit boss job lost hope so near miss out side board room
mate ship water boy toy doll baby rattle snake eyes out most
times table turned night air taxi stand by ear phone call girl
time clock stand out sick bay bridge toll road house address
card shop (old music 19th century piccolo octaved doubled)
guitars reglued twice yearly, the piccolo oiled thrice yearly,
shakuhachi oiled every third month. the piccolo is swabbed after
every use, the piccolo piccolo shakuhachi and piccolo. you will
see how holes, there are in abacus and piccolo (which is not
french hole piccolo), and "how no holes there are in shakuhachi
and piccolo." piccolo octaved doubled) piccolo recorder. A waltz
gone awry among Illumination. Four unusual solos (raft zither,
viola, piccolo) my sound comforts me, music, the ch'in or
keyboard, piccolo fretted guitars reglued twice yearly, the
piccolo oiled thrice yearly, shakuhachi pesach6 pesach8 pesach91
piccolo1 piece1 piece2 piece3 piece4 pieds8 pipa1 yearly,
piccolo oiled thrice assassination fair songs, unique

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