gadfly@ihu1m.UUCP (Gadfly) (02/20/85)
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Orlando Gibbons's "Cries of London" is about a ten-minute choral
work in two parts. Part I has an unfortunate coda of "...and so
we make an end." with a very lovely cadence that must get a chance
to die away. After 5 minutes, of course, even a sophisticated
audience thinks it's the end of the piece (few secular Renaissance
pieces go longer), no matter how expectantly the performers wait to
restart. Gets 'em every time! Lo and behold, there is a Part II
that really ends it ("...and so good-night."), though the truly final
cadence is not nearly as nifty.
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