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| − | [[Image:Allegro_da_Capo_roadtoozinwhichi00baum_0102.jpg||right]]From the book ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_to_Oz The Road to Oz]'' (1909). | + | [[Image:Allegro_da_Capo_roadtoozinwhichi00baum_0102.jpg||right]]From the book ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_to_Oz The Road to Oz]'' (1909). AKA "the musicker," this weird denizen of the Land of Oz makes music merely by breathing: |
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My lungs are full of reeds like those<br /> | My lungs are full of reeds like those<br /> | ||
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Illustration by John R. Neil. | Illustration by John R. Neil. | ||
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| + | He can't NOT make music constantly, which seems to be why he lives alone in the Valley of the Musicker. His name comes from the musical instruction terms [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempo#Basic_tempo_markings allegro] (cheerfully) and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_capo da capo] (from the beginning). | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://archive.org/stream/roadtoozinwhichi00baum#page/n9/mode/2up PDF at Archive.org] | *[http://archive.org/stream/roadtoozinwhichi00baum#page/n9/mode/2up PDF at Archive.org] | ||
*[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/485 Text at Gutenberg.org] | *[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/485 Text at Gutenberg.org] | ||
| + | *[http://oz.wikia.com/wiki/Allegro_da_Capo Allegro da Capo in Fandom Wikia] | ||
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| + | [[Category:1909]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Oz]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Fictional nonhumans]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Fictional instruments]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:30, 18 July 2018
From the book The Road to Oz (1909). AKA "the musicker," this weird denizen of the Land of Oz makes music merely by breathing:
My lungs are full of reeds like those
In organs, therefore I suppose,
If I breathe in or out my nose,
The reeds are bound to play.
So as I breathe to live, you know,
I squeeze out music as I go;
I'm very sorry this is so--
Forgive my piping, pray!
Illustration by John R. Neil.
He can't NOT make music constantly, which seems to be why he lives alone in the Valley of the Musicker. His name comes from the musical instruction terms allegro (cheerfully) and da capo (from the beginning).
