Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2009 December 14

= December 14 =

Edwin Porter
Did Edwin Porter ever do any paintings? I have a painting in my family for many years signed Edwin Porter. Thank You for you help. Paul —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.250.65.107 (talk) 00:41, 14 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Then I think the conclusion is inescapable: an Edwin Porter has painted at least one picture. But whether it's this Edwin Porter (who was a sign painter at one stage of his career) or some other Edwin Porter - there's no possible way of knowing without further information.  --  202.142.129.66 (talk) 01:56, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Could have been done by the Earl of Oxford or Francis Bacon. Clarityfiend (talk) 07:27, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Code for scoring of music
According to the publisher's website, Merkevitch's L'envol d'Icare is scored for, "3(I,IItuned quartertone flat).picc.2(II=corA).1.Ebcl.2.dbn-4.2.3.1- timp.perc(4):SD without snares, provencale dr;tgl/susp.cym/tam-t;SD/ BD/TD;xyl/glsp-cel-pft-strings(8,including 2 soli tuned quartertone sharp.8.6.6,including 2 soli tuned quartertone sharp.4)". Unfortunately, quite a lot of that is Greek to me. Does anyone know of an online guide which would help me make sense of it? HenryFlower 14:46, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't know about an online guide, but here is a translation:


 * Woodwinds: 3 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes (second doubling on English Horn), 2 clarinets (1 in B-flat and one in E-flat), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon
 * Brass: 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba
 * Percussion: timpani and 4 additional players:
 * snare drum and provencale drum
 * triangle, suspended cymbal and tam-tam
 * snare drum, bass drum, tenor drum
 * xylophone, glockenspiel, celeste and piano
 * Strings: 8 first violins, 8 second violins, 6 violas, 6 celli, 4 double basses


 * In addition, several instruments are mentioned as being tuned in a non-standard way. Our article Shorthand for orchestra instrumentation has some explanation of the abbreviations used. --Thomprod (talk) 17:27, 14 December 2009 (UTC)