tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post8977003466403373836..comments2024-01-23T18:21:17.066+00:00Comments on Surroundings: 4. The Magic of Mantovani & l'an trentiesme de son eage - Michael HofmannRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-88259419778779079122008-06-06T23:46:00.000+01:002008-06-06T23:46:00.000+01:00Yes, I liked the violins too.Thanks, Barbara, for ...Yes, I liked the violins too.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Barbara, for doing the research. Interesting stuff.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-8194127460399052912008-06-06T14:32:00.000+01:002008-06-06T14:32:00.000+01:00I did a spot of googling and you're right: Pound d...I did a spot of googling and you're right: Pound did indeed borrow from somewhere else.<BR/><BR/>"L'an trentiesme de son age," comes from Francois Villon's 'Le Testement' (1461), a poem that according to Michael Coyle was written whilst Villon awaited execution. Coyle adds " Mauberley by conrast, did not die in his thirtieth year, but 'merely passed from men's minds' a poet unmissed by the public and become irrelevant to the future of letters." Coyle goes on to say that in contrast "<I>Pound's</I> lines are anything but wan or merely aesthetic." <BR/><BR/>The book in question that this comes from is 'A Companion to Modernist Literature & Culture.'Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06280161801824435219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-32057459366606250372008-06-05T18:22:00.000+01:002008-06-05T18:22:00.000+01:00In 'Mantovani' I like:Swaying in treetops,violins ...In 'Mantovani' I like:<BR/><BR/>Swaying in treetops,<BR/>violins hold the high notes.<BR/><BR/>Nothing especially fancy, but just the right image. Almost the kind of thing I think I've maybe heard before, it's so obviously *that*.<BR/><BR/>I know what you mean about the ending ... it's maybe a little overboard, since it seems unlikely he was actually crying in the cinema at the sudden thought ... but who knows. Maybe the music got to him?<BR/><BR/>ABJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com