Casey Goranson

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About me

Gender Male
Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Introduction Having graduated from university, I try to find ways to fill my daily hours - preferably productive ways, but beggars can't be choosers.
Interests Studying and listening to "Classical" Music, composing music, historical linguistics, esp. Indo-European & similar languages, occasionally translating poems that catch my fancy
Favorite Music "Classical" music, late 19th C. / early 20th C. music, Medieval music, Ancient music, Gustav Mahler, Sergey Rachmaninoff, Alexander Scriabin, Leoš Janáček, Jean Sibelius, Mieczysław Karłowicz, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Johann Sebastian Bach, Oswald von Wolkenstein, Nithart / Neidhart (von Riuental/Reuental), Mesomedes of Crete, Alfred Schnittke, Wojciech Kilar, various Siberian folk musics (e.g. Yukaghir, Chukchee / Chukchi, Tuvan, Mongolian)

What did Oswald von Wolkenstein punningly call Lombardy? Hint: translated as Rag-ardie