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Category Archives: music
Something for Thursday
Here’s some wintry music, as we here in The 716 are gearing up for the first big lake-effect snow event of this season (and what might be the biggest one we’ve had since Snowvember in 2014): “Journey to Blofeld’s Hideaway”, … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
Yup, as promised the other day, busy days in progress! So, here’s Franz von Suppe.
“When the skies of November turn gloomy….”
Forty-seven years ago today.
Something for Thursday
I’m not sure if this is the best train song ever–“People Get Ready” might get my personal nod–but it is, as the kids say, “In the conversation.” I don’t have a whole lot more to say, so I’ll just get … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
Sticking with Alfred Schnittke, to whom I introduced myself last week, we have extracts from a film score of his. The Story of an Unknown Actor is a Soviet film from 1977 for which Schnittke provided the music. I have turned … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
A long and busy day with no time for thinking about posting means, as always, that when I get home I throw up a quick post with an overture by Franz von Suppe. This time I’ll change it up a … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
One of the eternal questions in relating to art is how to separate one’s feeling for the art from one’s feelings for the artist. This is not the least bit new; it’s a problem that is probably as old as … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
Producer Jules Bass died the other day. If the name isn’t immediately familiar, it’s because people are probably more familiar with his name in the context of his partnership with Arthur Rankin, Jr, known as Rankin-Bass. Those two produced some … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
I know I’ve been doing “autumnal” music this year instead of “spooky” or “scary” music, but this one really does fall into both categories, and it’s one that I post every year this month anyway, so here we are: that … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
I ended up going down a small rabbit hole not about piano music, but about pianists specifically. What’s how I found this comedic video, which I found pretty funny.