For many classical music lovers, Beethoven’s eighth violin sonata lives in the long, fiery shadow of the ninth, better known as the “Kreutzer”. This is easy to understand, as the Kreutzer is a prime example of the stormy side of Beethoven—the one many listeners see as his most exciting and
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Scripturient: Blog & Commentary: Thinking about a new ukulele
I’ve been thinking seriously of adding another ukulele to the herd. A tenor resonator, or resophonic, like the Kala shown above. That’s the re-designed 2014 model. I’ve played earlier models, including the 2013 version with the strings attached to a tailpiece (see photo below, left). The 2014 design (shown above)
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – LOTR – Gandalf’s Lament
I just happen to have the sheet music for this piece. Now I just need to persuade TIO that she’s really an alto, and we’ll be set. Filed under: Music Tagged: Gandalf, Lament, LOTR
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CPLUG – the Collingwood Public Library Ukulele Group – has so far proven a very popular group. We started with 17 people at our first monthly meeting and more have attended each time: 34 people came out last month! I’m hoping to continue this trend and see as many this
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – The Ballad of Magellan
Yakko: There once was a man, his name was Magellan. A Portuguese skipper, the girls found him cute. He sailed with five ships to find the East Indies Then come back to Spain with a bounty of loot. The Warners: Whoopi-ti-yi-yo, oh, happy Magellan! Starting your journey with hardly a
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: #TellItToTheJudge Because #TellVicEverything Went Sideways
Vic Toews becoming a freaking judge was the most predicted patronage appointment since Harper put Duffy into the Senate, and we know how well that turned out. It looks terrible. The bench should not be used as a retirement home for burnt out politicians. That’s what the Senate is for,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Friday Musical Interlude
Tom Lehrer is a Renaissance Man of the twentieth century. He’s not only a composer, pianist, and singer, who lectures extensively on musical theatre; he’s also a published and teaching mathematician. Mystro is a particular fan of Dr. Lehrer’s work and has performed it on several occasions, when our choir
Continue readingcartoon life: Black cat composition
Drawn moments ago in Musical Paint app Filed under: art Tagged: animation, Cat, music
Continue readingPostArctica: Salt of The Earth
Lets drink to the hard working people Lets think of the lowly of birth Spare a thought for the rag taggy people Lets drink to the salt of the earth Lets drink to the hard working people Lets drink to the salt of the earth Lets drink to the two
Continue reading350 or bust: Saturday At The Movies
Elevator Joy Bomb:
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No.2
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, S.244/2, is the second in a set of 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies by Liszt, and by far the most famous of the set. It offered the pianist to reveal his exceptional virtuoso skills while providing the listener with an immediate musical appeal. Composed in 1847 and first published by Ricordi
Continue readingThings Are Good: Band of the Month: Ween
Hi readers, February’s band is Ween! Conceived in New Hope, Pennsylvania by Gene and Dean Ween, Ween has achieved tremendous underground success with a cult following that has taken their music all over the world, yet has never really become well known in mainstream American pop music. Despite being generally
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Mushical Interlude – Aniron
For The Intransigent One. My heart, my love, my life. O mor henion i dhu: Ely siriar, el sila Ai! Aniron Undomiel Tiro! el eria e mor I ‘lir en el luitha ‘uren. Ai! Aniron… ******* From darkness I understand the night dreams flow, a star shines Ah! I desire
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Rivera, Cumba-Quin
We are sadly out of the CBC Signature series but do not despair gentle readers Stephen Malinowski has been translating some fantastic scores into his visualization process: so today we look at Cumba-Quín, by Carlos Rafael Rivera, performed by the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Filed under: Music Tagged: Cumba-Quin, Rivera,
Continue readingcmkl: Pete Seeger is missing, but not really
Pete Seeger has died. It’s trending everywhere. Which in a sense is all the proof I need of my thesis. It’s heartening to see that a life well lived, an inestimable contribution to music and politics will carry on. Kinda like the songbook you know? Well, exactly like the songbook(s),
Continue readingwmtc: thank you, pete seeger. how could we ever thank you enough?
Pete Seeger, 1919-2014Musician, Activist, Environmentalist. Socialist.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – C Major – The Final Key
We’ve reached the summit folks. C major is the final key in the CBC Signatures Series. Thank you to all who have come along for the ride enjoying the music, writing down pieces that caught your ear and generally have a great time listening to wonderful music. The C major
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Techno/house playlist (Requested)
A few people requested a playlist – here you go. Enjoy Guy Gerber Clarian & Guy Gerber Martyn Nautiluss DVS1 tommyfourseven Mickey Pearce Please recommend anything in a similar fashion […]
Continue readingPostArctica: Courage, Neil Young, And The Future
Neil Young doesn’t have to do what he is doing, there are many, many reasons why he shouldn’t, but he is, and he is showing us courage that most of us can only dream of, can barely imagine. He is taking on the whole corporate structure that is oppressing and
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – The CBC Signature Series – B flat Major:The Nature Boy
The B♭ (B-flat) major scale consists of the pitches B♭, C, D, E♭, F, G, and A. Its key signature has two flats, B/E (see below: Scales and keys). Its relative minor is G minor, and its parallel minor is B♭ minor. Many transposing instruments are pitched in B-flat major,
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