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Originally posted by Debussy20:
There are no worse sins in the elite Page Turning Community than to turn two pages at once. Such acts could get you imprisoned in the mid to late 1800s. What do you think happened between Schumann and his wife?
Matt No doubt. I've posted the story before, but a fellow once did that to me when I was accompanying a choir in performance. The problem was that the wrong page started exactly like the proper page, so neither of us was aware of the problem for around 3 measures, when the choir went one way and I went another way. It got a little bit ugly at that point.
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I have seen "The Page Turner," and yes, she was a particularly nasty little thing.
Tomasino
"Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do so with all thy might." Ecclesiastes 9:10
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This past spring, as I was accompanying a choir during a concert, I set an extra copy of the first page of the song I was playing next to the regular music, so I wouldn't have an awkward page turn. I did not have a page turner. We started the song and everything was going well. When I got to page 3, the extra copy fell to the ground.
The auditorium we were in was not very large, and the piano and bench were very close to the seats. One of the concert-goers, trying to help, tried to put the first page back up so I could see it. I quickly turned and smiled, and continued to play on. The page fell to the ground a second time. The same person tried to help again, this time placing the extra page on top of the music I was playing. I quickly grabbed the extra sheet and moved it to the side, but it fell to the floor again.
At this point, the choir director, who was standing next to the piano, leaned back and told the helpful person that it was OK to leave the page on the floor.
...and we never skipped a beat!
Eric Gloo
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Originally posted by BruceD:
I am sure I have recounted this before on this forum, but one of the most annoying page-turners I ever saw was a young man... Yep, on the first page of this thread :p But it is a good story and worth another post. You added more details this time too.
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Originally posted by bkkmd: Well, there are plenty of threads about pianist and piano related movies. How about one about page turner? One that come to mind of course has to be what else but "The Page Turner"? Anyone else saw this movie? My friend said that only the French could have come up with something like this!  Is this the same film as "Food of Love" which, according to the blurb on the dvd box is based on "The Page Turner" by David Leavitt? I wonder what any native Americans who might have seen the film think of the accents of the Brit. actors in it....convincing or not?
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Originally posted by raidenciv: Originally posted by BruceD:
[b]I am sure I have recounted this before on this forum, but one of the most annoying page-turners I ever saw was a young man...
But it is a good story and worth another post. You added more details this time too. [/b]Well, duplication sometimes happens when a post is resurrected from a (somewhat) distant past. Sorry for the repetition. Regards,
BruceD
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