Tag Archives: Tone Poem Tuesday

The recent theme here, Works Inspired By Water, will be wrapping up next week…not for lack of works to continue presenting, but because I want to move on to other things! This particular theme, which occurred to me almost randomly … Continue reading →

Continuing our ongoing exploration of classical music inspired by water in some way, we have this short and lovely piece by Maurice Ravel. It took me longer than I suppose it should have to “discover” Ravel, because my introduction to … Continue reading →

Continuing with our exploration of music with a water theme or inspired by water, we look at the early days of American classical music. America didn’t really “come of age” musically until the 20th century, with the arrival of jazz … Continue reading →

The weekly music feature returns! As does the theme we were exploring before December took over: music inspired by water, or written with a watery “theme”. And today we have two works, by two titans of classical music, neither one of … Continue reading →

Continuing our tour of music inspired at least in part by water, we have a bit of film music by the master himself: the title track from John Williams’s score to the 1984 film The River. The movie is about a … Continue reading →

Continuing our exploration of classical music that is inspired by water, in one context or another, we have a monumental masterpiece by Claude Debussy. I’ve never had the easiest relationship with Debussy’s music. His approach to music from a place … Continue reading →

Continuing our series exploring classical music about or inspired by water, in one way or another, we have one of the most evocative tone poems of all time: The Fountains of Rome by Ottorino Respighi. Respighi lived 1879-1936, and his gift … Continue reading →

Here’s something I didn’t know until today when I was driving home: English composer Frederick Delius lived for a time in Florida in the 1880s, during which he managed a local orange grove while he studied with a noted organist … Continue reading →

A month or two ago when I was doing a series of music posts using music inspired by the moon, one post featured a work by Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi. As I seem to do whenever I find a new … Continue reading →

Continuing our self-guided tour of classical music inspired by water, we have perhaps one of the two greatest works ever directly inspired by a river (well, maybe three, depending on how strongly we consider Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen to have … Continue reading →