Toote

Previn's music (with alto flutist Linda Toote joining Fleming and Höll) doesn't do much more than illustrate the text's surface, but does so with consistent flexibility and resourcefulness; the performance attained the tricky balance between journalistic observation and lush sadness.

To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow Matthew Guerrieri 2009

Previn's music (with alto flutist Linda Toote joining Fleming and Höll) doesn't do much more than illustrate the text's surface, but does so with consistent flexibility and resourcefulness; the performance attained the tricky balance between journalistic observation and lush sadness.

Archive 2009-04-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2009

We envisioned the tiny two-bedroom apartment where his granny Toote raised him on a secretary salary; while his eighteen years old mom studied to earn her college degree.

The Final Verdict 2008

I was made to repeat it several times over till they could pronounce it; and then 'Stepney Marai no Toote' was echoed through an hundred mouths at once.

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (1st and 5th editions) 1900

Then a hundred voices cried at once, "Stepney morai no Toote," "Stepney the grave of Cook."

Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Jules Verne 1866

Toote being the name by which the natives called Cook.

Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

When Cook replied "At Stepney," a hundred voices instantly echoed "Stepney mariai no Toote!"

Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

They called it Toote (which has always been their manner of pronouncing Captain Cook's name) Earee no Otaheite, chief of Otaheite.

A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship William Bligh 1785

They said Toote had desired Otoo, whenever any English ship came, to show the picture, and it would be acknowledged as a token of friendship.

A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship William Bligh 1785

I was made to repeat it several times over till they could pronounce it; then, Stepney _Marai no Toote_ was echoed through an hundred mouths at once.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 Robert Kerr 1784