a while ago i made a copy of the index to the rough guide to classical music, which is a bit too heavy on modern british composers but is otherwise a great survey of the classical music literature. i've put up the text here. how many of these pieces do you know? also a while back i read a book called american folk tales and songs collected by a guy named richard chase. the stories were rather quaint, but generally entertaining, esp. the dialect. the highlight, though, were these texts from graves from around the turn of the century. succinct yet oh so eloquent. Franky Davis his wife age 87 dide Sep 10 1842 she had nirve fite wolves all nite at shogar camp to save her caff throde fier chonks the camp wars half mile from home noe she must have nirv to fite wolf all nite Joseph Carpenter ag 18 did aug 18 1862 he fot for his contery los his lif. Kim Kone ag 73 dide oc 15 1888 wars black smith he had 6 girles that cod work in shop tha[y] wars 6 feet hy David Frank age 72 dide Dec 22 1891 wars fine man mad[e] some brandy wars good Samel Hoskin ag 70 dide may 5 1896 wars farmer and grate lier