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Title: wOo
Post by: pianistimo on December 17, 2005, 03:18:33 AM

if any of you are like me, you would be confused as to what wOo stands for.  i found out recently (this semester) that it stands for Beethoven's 'works without opus.'  he wrote many songs when he was younger and before they were catalogued - that's what they were.  any more trivia?

Title: Re: wOo
Post by: thalbergmad on December 17, 2005, 09:04:21 AM

If it is works without opus, then it should be wwo  ;D

Title: Re: wOo
Post by: jehangircama on December 18, 2005, 01:17:25 PM

it is works without opus but its in German that's why the wOo (Werke ohne Opuszahl - Work without Opus number)

Title: Re: wOo
Post by: pianistimo on December 18, 2005, 08:20:38 PM

thanks!  i knew there was some good reason.  this is why you must have all your facts before you start teaching a student similar to thalbergmad (but younger) - they ask these really difficult questions when you thought you already had the answer.

Title: Re: wOo
Post by: arensky on December 19, 2005, 07:34:16 AM

I know what it means;  WOO WOO WOO WOO WOO WOO WOO WOO WOO WOO WOO WOO!!!  ;D


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Title: Re: wOo
Post by: pianistimo on December 19, 2005, 03:58:23 PM

scary.  ok.  if you don't know the answer to your students questions, at least don't look like this.  hmmm.  or, maybe, do look like this.  a little humor in the lesson.