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Category Archives: music
Tone Poem Tuesday
Reading Alex Ross’s book Listen to This, a compilation of his columns from The New Yorker, I was reading a chapter on Icelander singer Björk, and I came across this passage: Modern Icelandic music begins with Jón Leifs, who lived from 1899 … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
Today begins Pride Month, which I enthusiastically support and will continue to do so, for all members of the LGBTQ+ community. I start with a work by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, whom most scholars agree was almost certainly homosexual. He had … Continue reading
Time for a Reappearance
Things are still busy and hectic in my world, so posts will still be brief. How brief? This brief! Here’s some Borodin, since we haven’t had Borodin on around here in a while and you can’t go wrong with Borodin:
Tone Poem Tuesday
Another hectic and somewhat draining day…but with the promise of better things to come. Hang in there, y’all! Meanwhile, you know the drill. Here’s Franz Von Suppe.
Something for Thursday
Still hectic. Here’s some Borodin!
Tone Poem Tuesday
Busy day, so that means: Franz von Suppe! Here’s “Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna”.
Scenes from amongst the lilacs (and a bit of Rachmaninoff!)
The warm months of the year, for us, tend to be bookended by two specific festivals: the Rochester Lilac Festival in May, and the Ithaca Applefest in October. Lots of stuff happens in between, but those are the markers of … Continue reading
Posted in Life, music, Photographic Documentation
Tagged "Rachmaninoff at 150", "Sergei Rachmaninoff", Daily Life Stuff, Music, Photo Posts
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Something for Thursday
Speaking of our anniversary yesterday, this song reminds me of…us. So many of our best memories involve getting in a car and going…someplace, and this song captures that feeling perfectly for me. I wanna take you somewhereIt’s all I know … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
It’s a tone poem by Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, a Russian composer whose music has fallen into unfortunate and unfair obscurity over the years since his life. This tone poem is notable for featuring a soprano voice in addition to the orchestra, … Continue reading
Behold the Ritual Clearing of the Tabs
Yup, it’s that time again: When I look at Chrome and realize, “Wow, I have a lot of tabs open to stuff.” :: On the oldest book in the world printed with movable type, and it’s not the Gutenberg Bible: The … Continue reading
Posted in music, On Bib Overalls, On Teevee, Random Linkage
Tagged Lazy Linkage, Movies, Music, overalls, Teevee
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