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Tag Archives: Music
Something for Thursday
I know I’ve featured this in the past, but it’s my blog and I can do re-runs if I want! And it seems to me that this past week in particular has left a real need for some real beauty. … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
I suppose that I’m like many a classical music lover when it comes to Gustav Holst: aside from The Planets, I really don’t know much about him at all. I’m a bit better off than most, by virtue of having been … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
A very short work today! Less than three minutes, courtesy Soviet composer Dimitri Shostakovich. In 1943 Shostakovich entered a contest to write a new national anthem for the Soviet Union. Apparently he did not win, but he was able to … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
Last week, Dusty Hill died. He was the bass player for ZZ Top. ZZ Top is one of those bands that has been a part of the soundtrack of my life pretty much ever since early-adolescence, when I first became … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday…
…to the person whose influence on my life includes, among many other things, a love of these various musical numbers. And so many more! (The person in question is my mother, who turns 80 today!)
Tone Poem Tuesday
The operas of Giachino Rossini are staples of the operatic stage, and the overtures from those operas are staples of the concert world. But even within Rossini’s well-known work, some works are more well-known than others. William Tell and The … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
A contemporary work today, by Belize-born British composer Errollyn Wallen.Wallen’s family moved to London when she was just two, and it was there that she grew and matured into her professional life as a prolific composer and teacher. Of this … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
There’s a quote by composer Gustav Holst that strongly resonates with me: If nobody likes your work, you have to go on just for the sake of the work. And you’re in no danger of letting the public make you … Continue reading
Something for Thursday (Friday edition)
Maybe I should just start calling this feature “Something for Friday”…but then I’ll start screwing it up and it’ll just become “Something for Friday (Saturday edition)”, so why not stick with what’s kinda-sorta working… …anyway, here’s a song by Taylor … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
Returning to the work of Black American composer William Grant Still today, and yet another work by a Black composer that makes me think, “Why have I never heard that before?” It’s a work of American Impressionism called Kaintuck, and … Continue reading