tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051081973896563723.post8190827956228634402..comments2023-10-23T12:52:23.144-07:00Comments on CoopRenner: Music at St Catherine of Italy and HMVCooper Rennerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13822147149062401856noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051081973896563723.post-1161569069814624662007-06-03T21:27:00.000-07:002007-06-03T21:27:00.000-07:00Mascagni's piece is indeed on Movies Go to the Ope...Mascagni's piece is indeed on Movies Go to the Opera and was used in Raging Bull. I'm listening to it right now! (Not a coincidence, I pulled it up on my Itunes list--had that cd since NM days.DrTeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14832416254158244064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051081973896563723.post-54355171943929255342007-06-01T07:47:00.000-07:002007-06-01T07:47:00.000-07:00Cooper History of the dog [his master’s voice] c...Cooper <BR/><BR/>History of the dog [his master’s voice] called nipper<BR/><BR/>Found as a stray in Bristol, England in 1884, and so named because of his love of peoples ankles, <BR/>Nipper spent all of his life in relative obscurity. He was the pet of Mark Barraud, a Bristol theater stage set painter. <BR/>Upon the painter's death in 1887, Nipper was adopted by Mark's brother, Francis Barraud. <BR/><BR/>Francis, also a struggling artistic painter, noticed one day that the fox terrier was listening intently, <BR/>head cocked; to a cylinder phonograph he had playing in his studio and Barraud "often noticed how puzzled he was to make out where the voice came from" <BR/>(anyone who has ever owned a dog knows that they cock their head and listen intently to ANYTHING strange!).<BR/><BR/>After returning to live with his first owner's widow, <BR/>Nipper passed away in September of 1895. His burial site, in a garden at Kingston-upon-Thames, in England, is marked with a plaque.<BR/><BR/><BR/>The long and short of it is the image comes from a painting and purchased by the American gramophone company and became a registered logo in America in 1900<BR/><BR/>Warm regards jackjackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812529717425705717noreply@blogger.com