Carlo Gesualdo (Entry 526.HE1304)

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🗓️ 15 December 2020

⏱️ 77 minutes

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In which modernity discovers a late Renaissance composer with a history of ahead-of-his-time harmonies and lurid murder, and John scats like Cab Calloway after midnight. Certificate #39859.

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0:00.0	We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick.
0:07.0	We are receiving this message.
0:11.0	We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can
0:16.0	only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century.
0:21.3	Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this monumental
0:26.2	reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.
0:28.8	These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost.
0:35.0	So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology to decrypt our transmissions,
0:41.0	this is our legacy to you.
0:43.4	This is our time capsule.
0:45.4	This is the omnibus. Okay. You have accessed entry 526. He 1,3004, certificate number 39859
1:25.0	Carlo Gaswald. I think it's a soft gee.
1:44.1	Carl oh jesualdo.
1:46.1	Oh jesualdo.
1:47.1	Carlo jesualo.
1:50.1	Paisano meo
1:52.4	the the senior jesualo Jesu Oh, my, the Signor Jesuolo, the moat per ververso.
1:57.0	What got so far?
1:58.0	He, uh, he's Italian.
2:00.0	Oh, really?
2:02.0	That's a... Let's just start off.
2:03.0	Let's just get to the nitty gritty right away.
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