Oh dear.

[montagnarde1793]

I should really be working. I have two articles to read by tomorrow and then two essays and three exams for next week. But I cannot concentrate. Every time I start to work on one thing, I just keep thinking about all the other things I have to do. It doesn't help that my weekend is entirely full and our reading period here at Oberlin is a single day (Monday, in this case). >.>;

Still, I wanted to post just to say that one of my essays in on music during the Revolution, which makes me exceedingly happy, despite everything I have to do. It's going to be base on the last part of my presentation on 18th century French music, concerning which: I was rather surprised and gratified to see that not only did the prof like my presentation, about five or six of my fellow students (out of a class of fourteen) came up to be afterwords and congratulated me, the typical comment going something like this, "You did a great job; your presentation was really interesting and the music you played was beautiful." I think the music can probably take more credit for that than me, but still, it's nice to see I'm not the only one who finds this stuff interesting.

And speaking of music, you, maelicia, will certainly not be surprised - though, I predict, rather disturbed - to learn that in "La Pernette," an ancestor to "Ne pleure pas, Jeannette," apparently,

Selon les régions et les époques , le héros changea, les gens de l'ouest en firent par exemple un chouan
("The hero (which is to say Pierre) changed according to region and era; the people of the west, for example, made him into a Chouan").

*headdesk*

...And now back to Bernier's letter to Colbert. >.>;

Comments

[trf-chan.livejournal.com]

Ahhhhhh, good luck with your essays and exams! The essay on music during the Revolution sounds fantastic, and like nirejseki, I'd be interested in seeing the essay/recordings/etc. if you can figure out a way of getting it all up (and have the time!).

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I got one of the essays done this evening, at any rate. Now I just have... everything else. >.>;
If I can figure out how to post it, I will definitely have time to do a translation of my original presentation. It's much less likely for the essay itself. I'll have to see though... If people still really want to see the presentation and I can't figure out how to post it, I could maybe send it by email.