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<DIV>the question is whether the starlings were singing Rakete b together with other segments of the Ursonate before the visit of Schwitters? I think they might have picked it up from the local rocketry enthusiasts.</DIV>
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<DIV>Best,</DIV>
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<DIV>Ildar Khannanov</DIV>
<DIV>Peabody Institute</DIV>
<DIV>Johns Hopkins University<BR>--- On <B>Tue, 12/22/09, Mark Janello <I><mjanello@jhu.edu></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Mark Janello <mjanello@jhu.edu><BR>Subject: Re: [Smt-talk] Schwitters<BR>To: "smt-talk Talk" <Smt-talk@societymusictheory.org><BR>Date: Tuesday, December 22, 2009, 11:51 AM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>Maybe Schwitters learned the Ursonate from the starlings, rather than the other way round.  <BR><BR>:-)<BR><BR>Dr. Mark Janello<BR>Peabody Conservatory<BR>Johns Hopkins University<BR><BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: Harald Krebs <<A href="http://us.mc450..mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=hkrebs@finearts.uvic.ca" ymailto="mailto:hkrebs@finearts.uvic.ca">hkrebs@finearts.uvic.ca</A>><BR>Date: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 10:05 am<BR>Subject: [Smt-talk] Schwitters<BR>To: smt-talk Talk <<A href="http://us.mc450.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Smt-talk@societymusictheory.org" ymailto="mailto:Smt-talk@societymusictheory.org">Smt-talk@societymusictheory.org</A>><BR><BR>> I don't think the Schwitters story is a hoax.  I don't know of any  <BR>> way of verifying it.  The author does cite living ornithologists  <BR>> throughout the booklet (one of whom I have met), so it does give the 
 <BR>> <BR>> impression of veracity.<BR>> <BR>> Harald Krebs<BR>> <BR>> Dr. Harald Krebs, Professor<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Smt-talk mailing list<BR><A href="http://us.mc450.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Smt-talk@societymusictheory.org" ymailto="mailto:Smt-talk@societymusictheory.org">Smt-talk@societymusictheory.org</A><BR><A href="http://lists.societymusictheory.org/listinfo.cgi/smt-talk-societymusictheory.org" target=_blank>http://lists.societymusictheory.org/listinfo.cgi/smt-talk-societymusictheory.org</A><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table><br>