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13 Jan 2012, 7:09 pm

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13 Jan 2012, 7:17 pm

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"Miserere mei, Deus," is stuck in my head. Oddly enough, the file was from one of the games one of my siblings plays (which also means I probably should not post it due to copywrong issues). Ordinarily, I would put this in the unhappy thread, but the performance is definitely something I would call beautiful. I wonder how it would sound in real life, inside the Sistine Chapel.
You mean as set by Gregorio Allegri?
That work has long been in the public domain and there are plenty of renditions available on YouTube which are, as far as I can tell, free from copyright issues and even if they weren't, it would cause problems for Google only.
The performance by The Tallis Scholars is probably the one to watch out for.


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13 Jan 2012, 7:28 pm

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go to a fitness center...build muscles or something.. Idk.. I would hate to be rude. I'm going to a fitness center too but not really because of being fat or obese.


Problem with that is...

-There isn't one in my area

-And membership may be unaffordable

Also, my family may use my wanting to be healthy against me
for emotional/psychological gain.


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13 Jan 2012, 7:37 pm

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kevinjh wrote:
"Miserere mei, Deus," is stuck in my head. Oddly enough, the file was from one of the games one of my siblings plays (which also means I probably should not post it due to copywrong issues). Ordinarily, I would put this in the unhappy thread, but the performance is definitely something I would call beautiful. I wonder how it would sound in real life, inside the Sistine Chapel.
You mean as set by Gregorio Allegri?
That work has long been in the public domain and there are plenty of renditions available on YouTube which are, as far as I can tell, free from copyright issues and even if they weren't, it would cause problems for Google only.
The performance by The Tallis Scholars is probably the one to watch out for.

The main problem right now is that the file was shipped with a game from a fairly prestigious (read: can afford lawyers) company. The metadata had nothing about who arranged it, so that remains a problem.



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13 Jan 2012, 7:37 pm

AnonymousAnonymous wrote:
Maeko wrote:
go to a fitness center...build muscles or something.. Idk.. I would hate to be rude. I'm going to a fitness center too but not really because of being fat or obese.


Problem with that is...

-There isn't one in my area

-And membership may be unaffordable

Also, my family may use my wanting to be healthy against me
for emotional/psychological gain.


Hmm.. I can definitely understand that. I live out in the middle of nowhere. 20-30 miles drive to the nearest anything. The membership to the YMCA was expensive when I went there for swimming lessons.
The fitness that I go to is only slightly cheaper then going to that only because I'm taking it as a student for a credit in college. :-/



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13 Jan 2012, 8:10 pm

I had to get 3 shots today. But hey, having needles stuck in your arm is worth it if you REALLY want a green card.


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13 Jan 2012, 8:12 pm

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kevinjh wrote:
"Miserere mei, Deus," is stuck in my head. Oddly enough, the file was from one of the games one of my siblings plays (which also means I probably should not post it due to copywrong issues). Ordinarily, I would put this in the unhappy thread, but the performance is definitely something I would call beautiful. I wonder how it would sound in real life, inside the Sistine Chapel.
You mean as set by Gregorio Allegri?
That work has long been in the public domain and there are plenty of renditions available on YouTube which are, as far as I can tell, free from copyright issues and even if they weren't, it would cause problems for Google only.
The performance by The Tallis Scholars is probably the one to watch out for.
The main problem right now is that the file was shipped with a game from a fairly prestigious (read: can afford lawyers) company. The metadata had nothing about who arranged it, so that remains a problem.
Psh. Metadata? Ah speet on your feelthy metadata. :lol:
It doesn't really need to have that in order to identify the piece, does it? You clearly have functional ears!
Chances are high that as (a) it's called "Miserere mei, Deus", (b) is related in some way to the Sistine chapel and (c) it's beautiful - then it's the Allegri arrangement. I use "arrangement" in the sense that it's Psalm 51 set to music by Allegri and unrelated to the specific modern arrangement used in your sibling's game.
You could at least check YouTube and verify it's the same piece and possibly discover in the process something even more beautiful and very likely (in the case of the performance I suggest above) similar to what it would sound like in the Sistine chapel, thus answering your original question. :wink:


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13 Jan 2012, 8:18 pm

Cornflake wrote:
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kevinjh wrote:
"Miserere mei, Deus," is stuck in my head. Oddly enough, the file was from one of the games one of my siblings plays (which also means I probably should not post it due to copywrong issues). Ordinarily, I would put this in the unhappy thread, but the performance is definitely something I would call beautiful. I wonder how it would sound in real life, inside the Sistine Chapel.
You mean as set by Gregorio Allegri?
That work has long been in the public domain and there are plenty of renditions available on YouTube which are, as far as I can tell, free from copyright issues and even if they weren't, it would cause problems for Google only.
The performance by The Tallis Scholars is probably the one to watch out for.
The main problem right now is that the file was shipped with a game from a fairly prestigious (read: can afford lawyers) company. The metadata had nothing about who arranged it, so that remains a problem.
Psh. Metadata? Ah speet on your feelthy metadata. :lol:
It doesn't really need to have that in order to identify the piece, does it? You clearly have functional ears!
Chances are high that as (a) it's called "Miserere mei, Deus", (b) is related in some way to the Sistine chapel and (c) it's beautiful - then it's the Allegri arrangement. I use "arrangement" in the sense that it's Psalm 51 set to music by Allegri and unrelated to the specific modern arrangement used in your sibling's game.
You could at least check YouTube and verify it's the same piece and possibly discover in the process something even more beautiful and very likely (in the case of the performance I suggest above) similar to what it would sound like in the Sistine chapel, thus answering your original question. :wink:

OK, that will probably work. (But what I was wondering was how it would sound if I was physically inside listening to it.)



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13 Jan 2012, 8:23 pm

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(But what I was wondering was how it would sound if I was physically inside listening to it.)
You'll never know unless you go there and arrange or attend a performance - but YouTube should give a pretty good idea and if you went as far as to purchase the CD and you possess a reasonable pair of headphones - then you'll have an even better idea.


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13 Jan 2012, 8:25 pm

I've lived at lots of different numbers but I can't remember them all.


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13 Jan 2012, 8:26 pm

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13 Jan 2012, 8:39 pm

Hmmm, almost everyone seems to use the Italian pronunciation for Latin words. Sacrificium should have only hard c's by the Roman pronunciation, but by the time of composition, I would suppose that the Italian pronunciations were the most widely used on account of the fact that the Roman Catholic Church was based in Italy after the fall of Rome.



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13 Jan 2012, 9:04 pm

Not that I want to go back to drinking, but sobriety is f*****g boring.



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13 Jan 2012, 9:58 pm

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13 Jan 2012, 10:00 pm

My hamster died of old age, not sickness. I am replacing my avatar with a better one DW fans will probably recognize.



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13 Jan 2012, 11:06 pm

When will the college interviews stop. I'm getting tired of them. And I'm getting tired in general. Probably because I took some vaccine shots today. *Yawn* Why am I still here. I should be getting ready for bed. I've had way too little sleep this week. That could be it too. Now I shall stop blabbering randomly and [s]get some sleep[/s] prepare for my interview tomorrow. And apparently the strikethrough tag for BBcode doesn't work here. "Get some sleep" was supposed to be crossed out. *sigh*


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