[Sca-cooks] OT mail question

[Martin G. Diehl]

James Prescott wrote:
> 
> At 03:54 -0500 2005-03-12, Martin G. Diehl wrote:
> 
> >  BTW, did they have SPAM -- unwanted messages -- in period?
> 
> In one sense, yes.  Vendors wandered the streets and 
> markets, and many constantly called their wares in a 
> variety of ways, musical and not, poetic and not.  

> Spam if you like, omni-present advertising if you prefer.

So they also had their share.  

> Some were even set to music by fascinated composers 
> (check out "Street Cries of London" by Ravenscroft & Cobb).

Well ... ya made me look ... and see what I found ... 

Geometry.Net  - Composers - Ravenscroft Thomas (89 citations)
http://www4.geometry.net/composers/ravenscroft_thomas.html

This is the page with the title you mentioned ... 
http://www4.geometry.net/composers/ravenscroft_thomas_page_no_4.html

Geometry.Net  - Composers: INDEX - (428 SUBJECTS)
http://www4.geometry.net/composers/index.html

Oddly enough, Hildegard is listed twice among the top 50 
composers ... as both "Hildegard Von Bingen" and 
"Hildegard of Bingen".  

Geometry.Net  Index 
(Math, Science, Artists, Authors, Composers, Philosophers); 
http://www.geometry.net/index.html

Thanks for getting me to turn some stones over.  

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