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Offline pianistimo

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wOo
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?

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Re: wOo
Reply #1 on: December 17, 2005, 09:04:21 AM
If it is works without opus, then it should be wwo  ;D
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Re: wOo
Reply #2 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)
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Offline pianistimo

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Re: wOo
Reply #3 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.

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Re: wOo
Reply #4 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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Re: wOo
Reply #5 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.
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