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April 10, 2005
Voice from the past
In the world of mediaeval music the name of John Fleagle does ring a bell. In this respect it seems peculiar that an old music buff like John helped a new music composer (that's me) out with a new composition; Voice Over. It is a pity he died before I even started working on this piece.
If John's help showed one thing, it is that people interested in mediaeval music aren't living anachronisms. He was very open to what I let him listen to. And in the short time we met he succeeded in lighting a candle over the beauty of mediaeval poetry and music.
As a side note, I have a very good friend and she is a harpsichordist. At one moment she stopped her normal bragging about Domenico Scarlatti and mouth to mouthed how much she liked Prince, or the artist formerly known as Prince.
With John's contribution to Voice Over it is easily missed what a great artist he was. Fortunately the indie label Magnatune put an entire album with John's music online. So if you are in for treat, I suggest you pay his page on the Magnatune site a visit.
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