[LAU] Plea for metadata in ogg/mp3s of made-with-linux music

[Dave Phillips]

Thorsten Wilms wrote:

>On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 07:34:30AM -0400, Dave Phillips wrote:
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>>>Also one called "adagio.ogg" which sounded like old Tangerine Dream 
>>>messing around with an Arp string machine.
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>>Not sure about that one, could you send it to me via email or post it 
>>somewhere ? I'll know right away if it's one of mine.
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>I think that's a nekostring demo from Gordon JCP.
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>It's "Adagio for Strings" if I don't mix things up (seems to be somewhat 
>famous, but I wonder if such a generic name can be unique). William Orbit 
>(producer on Madonna's Ray of Light) did an electronic version of this 
>classical piece.
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Yes, now I recall Gordon's version.

That famous Adagio For Strings is by the 20th-century composer Samuel 
Barber. It was also used in the movie Platoon.

It's a pity that people don't know more of Barber's work, he was a good 
composer.

Best,

dp