Editorial.Dear readers, My deepest musical impression lately? You approach a frozen fishpond fish·pond n. A pond containing or stocked with fish. Noun 1. fishpond - a freshwater pond with fish pond, pool - a small lake; "the pond was too small for sailing" (obviously it could also be a lake, or a river), and if the ice is still relatively thin and the ice surface not covered not covered Health care adjective Referring to a procedure, test or other health service to which a policy holder or insurance beneficiary is not entitled under the terms of the policy or payment system–eg, Medicare. Cf Covered. in snow (which is quite possible in our climate this time of the year), find a stone and send it skimming Skimming An electronic method of capturing a victim's personal information used by identity thieves. The skimmer is a small device that scans a credit card and stores the information contained in the magnetic strip. across the ice. I bet that even those of you who undertook such experiments in their childhood will be mesmerised by the beauty and the range of the swishing sounds a stone makes as you send it bouncing across the ice. You can experiment with different sized stones, different angles and pointed ends, or you can rotate the stone with a different speed. The results are always different, and always beautiful. The effect is exceptionally romantic and mysterious on freezing moonlit moon·lit adj. Lighted by moonlight. moonlit Adjective illuminated by the moon Adj. 1. nights, except that it may be hard finding the stones on the bank. Another thing that fills me with a genuine (and immodest im·mod·est adj. 1. Lacking modesty. 2. a. Offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance; indecent: a bathing suit considered immodest by the local people. b. ) joy is this new issue of Czech Music that you are reading just now. We bring you a triple portrait of Emil Frantisek Burian, the man of vital importance for the interwar interwar Adjective of or happening in the period between World War I and World War II theatre avant-garde in this country, whose contribution to Czech music has still not been adequately recognised. But things seem to be looking up at last. This year, proclaimed as the year of Czech music (the reason for this is fairly straightforward: many of the key figures in the Czech musical heritage were either born or died in a year ending with the number four), there has been a noticeable increase in the interest in Burian the composer. Although we could not really say that Burian the composer has all of a sudden become fashionable, a large number of concerts featuring his music this year have convincingly shown us that he deserves a bit of additional acclaim as a "newly discovered" composer of classical music--of his versatile musical output, it is his jazz evergreens that have thus far remained in the public's consciousness. This year marks a centenary of Burian's birth; let us hope that with it, his music will be revived in its full range and vigour. All good wishes for the new year. PETR PETR Petroglyph National Monument (US National Park Service) PETR People for the Ethical Treatment of Robots BAKLA EDITOR |
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