Dear God… Harmonien were NOT purely (or even mainly) for outdoor entertainment, neither were they just a ‘cheap orchestra’. I wish people would stop repeating these lazy myths in liner notes, programmes, and everywhere else.

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Oh dear lord I apologise in behalf of ‘my people’*

*unsure about this

Dear god.

Relatedly, the idea that AI has anything to do with knowledge gets more laughable each time i encounter a plausible-sounding but entirely fictional citation it has created for an apparently unsuspecting student…

Don’t let the cat out of the bag! I have a rep as a Very Serious Musicologist to uphold 😂

Yesssss that would be lovely! I’m finally done with the nuts travel so diary is open for zoomies!

Love a research rabbit 🐰

I am literally the world expert on the life of Carl Jnr. The man is a ghost but he wrote good piano music! As @danpianoman.bsky.social will testify…

He left for the US in 1881 but the family was pretty well connected so it’s possible.

Also, I love (not) that Carl Snr was referred to as Carl Jnr when his dad Heinrich was alive. 😭

And his f*ing father the more famous Herr Bä/aerman/n also played the Clarinette/Klarinette/Clarinett

Carl/Karl called his f*ing son Carl/Karl.

With six variations of the same name and umlauts the OCR doesn’t understand and the one issue you need is probably missing 😂😭😭😭

I felt this one hard.

Life’s to short and too grim. Eat the cheese.

How dare you laugh this is Very Serious Business. I am an Artiste.