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CS2x
from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-02-21 18:10 [#02053403]
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Go and listen to "The Lark Ascending". It is beautiful.
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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2007-02-21 18:11 [#02053404]
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JivverDicker loves that song. Fact.
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CS2x
from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-02-21 18:16 [#02053407]
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Then the man has soul, I know that much. It's so nice listening to Mr. Williams after indulging my poor ears in lots of atonal and serialist music.
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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2007-02-21 18:18 [#02053409]
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I like it, but it's too long. If any lark took that long to ascend it would have been bagged by a passing bird of prey for sure.
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JivverDicker
from my house on 2007-02-21 18:21 [#02053414]
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Vaughan Williams is a fun listen when you read about him. Most 'classical' music at that time was based on Germanic phrases. The timings of the melodies were based on the blunt german way of speaking. Vaughan moved his melodies into english timings, using the national anthem and regional timings.
He evokes pride in me without the negativeness.
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mylittlesister
from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2007-02-21 18:24 [#02053415]
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haven't listened to this piece of music for a long time, perhaps worth digging out.
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Zeus
from San Francisco (United States) on 2007-02-21 18:36 [#02053428]
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oh, interesting!
I know that Sibelius' melodies often start on downbeats, as the Finnish language typically places accents on the first word in a phrase.
It's very interesting how language can have such an effect on something like that. :)
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earthleakage
from tell the world you're winning on 2007-02-21 19:00 [#02053440]
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"sea songs" is amazing
*cough* anglia ident in the 80s *cough*
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