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[sandik]

I am truly enjoying this --  both Ms Homes initial responses, and the Q&A.  Many thanks to all involved!

[Solor]

doug, on Aug 26 2005, 06:58 AM, said:

The best info on the St. Petersburg notators is found in Roland John Wiley's "Dances from Russia: An Introduction to the Sergejev [sic] Collection," published in the Harvard Library Bulletin, January 1976.

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Has this been published anywhere? How can one get a hold of this to read?

[Mel Johnson]

The Harvard Library Bulletin is the principal professional library journal published by the Houghton Library at Harvard University.  For hardcopy single issues, purchase from the Periodicals Service Company:

http://www.periodica...h/ttl03751.html

To borrow and read, simply consult your local library for interlibrary loan.

[John-Michael]

Does anyone have any info on the forband in Act II that Birbanto leads?  A friend of mine thought it was a croviak.  Is the forband a Norwegian dance?  An internet search brought up some Norwegian sites but I don't read Norwegian  

[leonid]

John-Michael, on Sep 15 2005, 08:26 PM, said:

Does anyone have any info on the forband in Act II that Birbanto leads?  A friend of mine thought it was a croviak.  Is the forband a Norwegian dance?  An internet search brought up some Norwegian sites but I don't read Norwegian  

There is a traditional French Breton song called Le Forban ie pirate,buccaneer, corsair. I have heard a recorded version which has a swaying mode like the movement of a ship at sea.