From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #15287 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Saturday, December 28 2024 Volume 14 : Number 15287 Today's Subjects: ----------------- bacon and cookies for breakfast? ["Fat-Burning Secrets" Subject: bacon and cookies for breakfast? bacon and cookies for breakfast? http://alphamale.ru.com/TRD-UJ4iYwhYKFgGr28Um9TxgLmzjHmUAPhdmHSqAL3InUk5LQ http://alphamale.ru.com/IJw_Hf6tXP1cxFNOW9oGhRSiOcqKF52uE5P2C9xM6qR5Sb07vA dy written by Gilbert and myself". Gilbert, who had already started work on a new libretto in which people fall in love against their wills after taking a magic lozenge, was surprised to hear of Sullivan's hesitation. He wrote to Sullivan asking him to reconsider, but the composer replied on 2 April 1884 that he had "come to the end of my tether" with the operas: I have been continually keeping down the music in order that not one should be lost. ... I should like to set a story of human interest & probability where the humorous words would come in a humorous (not serious) situation, & where, if the situation were a tender or dramatic one the words would be of similar character. Gilbert wrote that Sullivan's letter caused him "considerable pain". Sullivan responded that he could not set the "lozenge plot", stating that it was too similar to the plot of their 1877 opera The Sorcerer. As April 1884 wore on, Gilbert tried to modify his plot, but he could not satisfy Sullivan. The parties were at a stalemate, and Gilbert wrote, "And so ends a musical & literary association of seven years' standing b an association of exceptional reputation b an association unequaled in its monetary results, and hitherto undisturbed by a single jarring or discordant element." But by 8 May 1884, Gilbert was ready to back down, writing: "am I to understand that if I construct another plot in which no supernatural element occurs, you will undertake to set it? ... a cons ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #15287 ***********************************************