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Death Rides a Horse - setting

The 1967 Spaghetti Western film Death Rides a Horse was shot/filmed in Spain. But where was it set in? 86.130.70.37 (talk) 21:07, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

As the article's summary mentions, some parts take place in "Lyndon City" (perhaps the city in Kansas or the one in Kentucky, or less likely one of the other 7 Lyndons in the USA), and in "a Mexican town." Other respondents may have more detailed knowledge.

However, these are mere details: the "real" setting is "The Wild West" which is to some extent a mythological construct. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.209.233.93 (talk) 22:51, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

Baker and Farron

I'm looking for more information on this pair of Dutch-Irish American entertainers in Australia 1876–79, "Pete" Baker and T. J. (Thomas Joseph) Farron, noted for the character "Aunt Jemima" and dialect impersonations.

They either shared that last schtick with another comedian active in Australia, J. S. Farron (from 1881 to 1887 associated with the Lynch Family bellringers) or at least were confused by the newspapers. At first I suspected them of being the same person, but J.S. died from tuberculosis 7 July 1887 and was buried in Sydney, while T.J. was still active in America. Doug butler (talk) 21:39, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

References

Strange symbol

(Apologies if this is a copy vio) Hello! So I was looking at a compilation of songs from Super Mario World on Musescore, and I came across a Symbol I've never seen before. It's in this song, on page 53 right above the last measure, next to something that say "D.S al" (I know what that means but the symbol is confusing). Anyone know what this symbol is and what it means? ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 23:01, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

There's some weird stuff in this compilation. Clearly that one is supposed to be a coda sign, since there's a segno and a coda in the piece. Another weirdness is in "Boss Battle", where there's a repeat and a DS within it, and a first ending with no second ending. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 15:06, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

[Redacted valueless text. I could see no "strange sign" at the point I thought you indicated other than a superscript "22" designating another section of the score. Evidently I misunderstood the intent of the question. Apologies]. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.19} 90.209.233.93 (talk) 18:39, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

I"m trying to understand what anything of what you said has to do with my question. Not meaning to be rude but it just seems like you gave me your opinion as to how video game sheet music should look, unless i'm misunderstanding. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 18:44, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

Well, whatever it's supposed to mean, MuseScore interprets it as a DS al Coda. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 19:45, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

Yep. I'll probably ask the composer what it's supposed to be. I have a feeling it might simply be a technical error/issue. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 19:49, 9 March 2022 (UTC)