18:00 Lois og jeg spiser aftensmad og derefter bruger vi resten af
aftenen på at lytte til radio. I dag er den internationale kvindedag, og
derudover har BBC Radio 3 valgt Barbara Strozzi som stationens ”Composer of the
Week” (ugens komponist).
Barbara Strozzi var født i 1619 i Venedig. Hun var super-dygtig til at
synge, men også til at komponere (både musikken og teksterne er højt beundret).
Næsten alt, hun komponerede var verdslige sange, og ikke for det meste
religiøse sange.
Barbara Strozzi
20:00 Vi hører en koncert i Classic FM. Koncerten består af forskellige
værker af kvindelige komponister, for eksempel Clara Schumann, Fanny
Mendelssohn osv. Vi er triste ved tanken om hvor hårdt disse kvinder måtte
kæmpe for at blive accepteret som komponister.
Clara Schumann (1819-1896) besøgte England et par gange, men hun var
ikke imponeret af de engelske orkestre og dirigenter. Hun sagde at de gad ikke
øve sig, og spillede et stykke kun en gang før en koncert – du godeste! Vi
Englændere er et meget ukultiveret folk – det er der ikke nogen tvivl om !!!!
Stakkels Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847) måtte kæmpe meget hårdt for at blive
accepteret. Hendes far og hendes berømte bror opmuntrede hende ikke ret meget,
for at sige mildt! Uha!
Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847)
22:00 Vi går i seng. Jeg læser 7 sider af min sengetidbog, ”William Pitt
den Yngre”, og Lois læser 15 sider af hendes bog. Vi glider snart over i søvnen
– zzzzzzz lyde fylder soveværelset. Uha!
04:30 Jeg står op og kigger lidt på internettet. Jeg gør lidt forskning
over de angelsaksiske dialekter: der var 4 dialekter: northumbriansk fra Northumbira, merciansk fra Mercia, kentisk fra Keng og vestsaksisk fr Wessex. Det ser ud til, at der er mindst 3 meninger:
(1) De forskellige dialekter
afspejler de forskellige regioner, hvor de forskellige angelsaksiske folk
stammede fra, i de nuværende Danmark, Nordtyskland og Holland.
(2) De forskellige dialekter
opstod efter de angelsaksiske folk ankom i England, på grund af den fysiske
afstand mellem de angelsaksiske riger.
(3) Den vestsaksiske og
kentiske dialekter afspejler en tidligere form for germansk, fordi (ifølge
denne ekspert) det sydlige England var den region, hvor de tidligste
angelsaksiske indvandrere kom. Mercisk og norhumbriansk afspejler en senere
form for germansk.
Du godeste! Hvor forvirrende!!!!
13:00 Vi spiser frokost. Derefter
fortsætter jeg med at gøre lidt forskning om angelsaksiske dialekter, men
jeg bliver mere or mere forvirret.
Pokkers! Pludselig bliver jeg klar over, hvorfor prof Kortlandt af Leiden
Universitet, der er født et par uger efter Lois, hvilket er lidt af en
tilfældighed, har opstillet den tredje teori (se ovenfor) om oprindelsen af de
4 angelsaksiske dialekter: han tror, at de vestsaksiske og kentiske folk ankom
til England meget tidligere, end de andre folk, fordi de vestsaksiske og
kentiske dialekter bevarer 2 vigtige arkaiske strukturelle elementer af det
germanske sprog, der senere uddøde på kontinentet. Tværtimod deler de merciske
og norhumbrianske dialekter mange af de elementer, der senere udviklede sig på
kontinentet eksempelvis i gammelsaksisk, en kontinental dialekt. Disse
elementer eksisterede ikke i det vesksaksiske og kentiske sprog. Så må de
merciske og norhumbrianske folk være ankommet senere til England. Hurra!
I mellemtiden fortsætter Lois med at gøre lidt forskning om sit
familietræ. især familien Cox (sin mors familie). Hun håber, at hun kan være
færdig med denne gren af sin familie om de næste 2 uger.
Vores spisestue er blevet ligesom et kontor, og vi arbejder begge to ved
vores computere, uden at sige ret meget – du godeste!!!!! Jeg håber, vores
ægteskab kan overleve denne afgørende kriseperiode !!!!
16:00 Vi slapper af med en kop te på sofaen. Hurra – vi er blevet ægtepar
igen ha ha ha!
English translation
Tuesday, 03/08/1630 at 1630 till Wednesday, 03.09.2016 at 1629
18:00 Lois and I eat supper and then we spend the rest of the evening
listening to the radio. Today is International Women's Day, and in addition,
BBC Radio 3 selected Barbara Strozzi as the station's "Composer of the
Week".
Barbara Strozzi was born in 1619 in Venice. She was super-talented at
singing, but also at composing (both music and lyrics are highly admired).
Almost everything she composed was secular songs, and not for the most part
religious songs.
20:00 We hear a concert on Classic FM. The concert consists of various
works of female composers, such as Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn, etc. We
are sad at the thought of how hard these women had to struggle to be accepted
as composers.
Clara Schumann (1819-1896) visited England a few times, but she was not
impressed by the English orchestras and conductors. She said that they did not
want to practice, and played a piece only once before a concert - my goodness!
We English are a very uncivilized people - there is no doubt !!!! Poor Fanny
Mendelssohn (1805-1847) had to fight very hard to be accepted. Her father and
her famous brother did not encourage her that much, to put it mildly! Oh dear!
22:00 We go to bed. I read seven pages of my bedtime-book, "William
Pitt the Younger," and Lois reads 15 pages of her book. We soon drift into
sleep - zzzzzzz sounds fill the bedroom. Ooh ooh!
4:30 I get up and take a look on the internet. I do a little research on the Anglo-Saxon dialects: There were four dialects: Northumbrian from
Northumbria, Mercian from Mercia, Kentish from Kent and West Saxon from Wessex.
It seems that there are at least 3 opinions:
(1) The various dialects reflect the different regions where the various
Anglo-Saxon people originated in current Denmark, northern Germany and the
Netherlands.
(2) The different dialects emerged after the Anglo-Saxon people arrived in
England, because of the physical distance between the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.
(3) The West Saxon and Kent dialects reflect an earlier form of Germanic,
because (according to this expert) southern England was the region where the
earliest Anglo-Saxon immigrants came. Mercian and Norhumbrian reflect a later
form of Germanic.
My Goodness! How confusing !!!!
13:00 We eat lunch. Then I continue to do a little research on Anglo-Saxon
dialects, but I become more or more confused. Damn!
Suddenly I realize why Prof Kortlandt of Leiden University, who was born a few weeks after Lois, which is a bit of a coincidence, has put forward the third theory (see above) for the origin of the four Anglo-Saxon dialects: he believes that the West Saxon and Kentish people arrived in England much earlier than other peoples because the West Saxon and Kent dialects preserve two important archaic structural elements of the Germanic languages, which later became extinct on the continent.
Contrariwise, the Mercian and Northumbrian dialects share many of the elements that developed later on the continent, for example in Old Saxon, a continental dialect. These elements did not exist in the West Saxon and Kentish languages. So the Mercian and Norhumbrian peoples must have arrived in England later. Hoorah!
Suddenly I realize why Prof Kortlandt of Leiden University, who was born a few weeks after Lois, which is a bit of a coincidence, has put forward the third theory (see above) for the origin of the four Anglo-Saxon dialects: he believes that the West Saxon and Kentish people arrived in England much earlier than other peoples because the West Saxon and Kent dialects preserve two important archaic structural elements of the Germanic languages, which later became extinct on the continent.
Contrariwise, the Mercian and Northumbrian dialects share many of the elements that developed later on the continent, for example in Old Saxon, a continental dialect. These elements did not exist in the West Saxon and Kentish languages. So the Mercian and Norhumbrian peoples must have arrived in England later. Hoorah!
Meanwhile, Lois continues to do a little research on her family tree,
especially the Cox family (his mother's family). She hopes that she can be
finished with this branch of her family in the next 2 weeks.
Our dining room has become like an office, and we both work at our
computers, without saying much - my goodness !!!!! I hope that our marriage can
survive this crucial period of crisis !!!!
16:00 We relax with a cup of tea on the sofa. Hoorah - we have become a
couple again ha ha ha!
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