Silver_Swan.MID : "The Silver Swan" for voices.  I would suggest using
a very nice, ethericalish (note: newly created word.. I claim credit for
this one) instrument for this.. or experiment a little with your own
tastes.  This is a beautiful madrigal that should be sung to be fully
appreciated.. but you'll have to do with this .MID file instead.  I've
taken pains to put crescendoes and decrescendoes in strategic places,
although I don't think I was careful about phrasing.  Again, I forgot the
composor's name.

	If one has trouble with the .MID format generated by Dr. T's,
please don't blame me.  I understand they do some very naughty things to
the format, and it may not work quite as well as it should, but it is the
only way I have right now of generating .MID format files.  This is why
I've included the .ALL format, in case someone should find a program that
can convert from the KCS .ALL format to .MID better than KCS can handle
it, and for those individuals who happen to have KCS or MRS.

	For those who are wondering how I managed to create these files, I
painstakingly typed in the information using DeluxeMusic Construction Set
(which will NEVER be improved.. since Electronic Arts doesn't feel it's
worth their effort and time.. and the programmer who worked on the project
ran out on them anyway), then saved the works in .SMUS format.  I then
used SMUS2MID to convert the files over to MID format, loaded them into
KCS, and used Tiger to do the finer editing.  In earlier days (that is,
with Divert_1.MID) I loaded the file into The Copyist, went through all
kinds of nasty hoopla and conversion thingamabobs, only to come up with a
very nasty .ALL format file that had to be worked on with KCS (since Tiger
didn't exist back then).

	For those wondering WHY I went to so much trouble to generate
these files, I can only say that I'm not entirely sane.  In at least two
cases, I put the works in the computer for other people to hear, and so I
could keep them on file for my own malevolent purposes.  In a sense, I'm
just expanding the audience from the single people who requested the work
be done to all of you.  I also have a sort of dream of being able to
borrow bits of music information stored in .MID or .ALL format, and using
them in other works of music.. maybe slightly altered or whatever.  It'll
probably never come to fruition, but it's nice to dream.

	If you would like the words to the madrigals, I can only suggest
that you do a little research in the library.  I didn't feel like typing
out all the text (although it wouldn't take much time)... especially since
most of the text would be lost in the translation, since you can't tell
when what comes where without a score, and I don't have all the scores
available to me anymore anyway.  I will, however, type out the Latin to
"Ubi Caritas" since I have most of it memorized anyway:

 Ubi caritas et amor, deus ibi est.  Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor.
Exultemus et in ipso, iucundemur.  Timeamus et amemus deum vivum.  Et ex
corde diligamus nos sincero.  Ubi caritas et amor, deus ibi est.  Amen.

	I apologize for any mispellings, but I memorized the sounds more
than the spellings, and I'm still learning my Latin.  Unfortunately, I can
only translate some of the Latin, so if you are REALLY interested in the
meaning, seek a Latin scholar more educated than I.  My guess is the
following:

 Where is there love and caring?  God is here.  We gather together in
Christ's love.  We worship, and in Him, we are purified.  We fear and love
the life of God.  And from our hearts, we care (for our own?).  Where is
there love and caring?  God is here.  Amen.

	I'm asking for no money whatsoever for these works.  All of them
were written by men who are long since dead and buried (and busy
de-composing now).  I only offer them to the public, so they may share in
some of the beautiful music I've had the opportunity to enjoy.  I
hope that more people will take pieces of music they find and enjoy, and
carefully put them into .MID files for people like me to share.  Any
gripes, moans, or compliments can be directed to me at my E-mail address:

jvanriper@uncavx.unca.edu
Joseph E. Van Riper III (aka: Trey or Machine)

	Notes regarding the "performer:"

	Trey is working towards a BA in Music, emphasis on composition. 
He is only in his sophmore year, but is 25 years old.  He spent five years
in the US Army, originally as a journalist, and later as a bandsman
playing euphonium.  He spent two years in Japan.  He is now singing in an
Episcopal Choir, playing valve trombone in a jazz band, singing in a jazz
choir in University of North Carolina, Asheville, and doing a very tiny
bit of computer programming (C++) when he has the time.  Future plans
include writing some major compositions, learning more about audio
engineering, finishing Quip 0.07 (a "fortune"-like program), and working
in some creative field that will accept a hyperactive artist with decent
music and computer experience.

	Bon Appetit!