Musings Of A Muse

MUSIC .

[distinguishedbaloney]

[thebootydiaries]

someone finally said it 😩👏👏☕️🐸

[twinsfox]

Beyonce is over rated tbh

[thebootydiaries]

[mikrokosmos]

Brahms - Cello Sonata no.1 in e minor

Following Beethoven’s model, Brahms wrote this work as a “Sonata for piano and cello” to highlight that neither is to act as mere accompaniment or decoration for the other, rather they are equal players. In his own words Brahms put that the piano “should be a partner - often a leading, often a watchful and considerate partner - but it should under no circumstances assume a purely accompanying role”. The work was written for a friend of his, Josef Gänsbacher who was a composer of lieder and who was an amateur cellist. Gänsbacher had helped Brahms get the director position at the Vienna Singakademie. The work is also a bit of a homage to Bach, and it uses themes from his fourth and thirteenth contrapunctus from the Art of Fugue, the contrapuntal nature of this sonata feels almost neo baroque at times. The first movement stands out for its melancholy, and makes me think of the gloominess of a grey day, raindrops on leaves. Interestingly, the work doesn’t have a slow movement. The first version was in four movements, but he decided to omit the adagio, but even with the lack of true rests, the work doesn’t come off as unbalanced. The highlight of the work is its fugal finale, which reminds me of one of Bach’s keyboard gigues. It uses a long and snaking theme from Contrapunctus 13, and the heavy polyphony from both instruments heightens the intensity. Something about Brahms’ musical personality always shines brightest through chamber music, through his most intimate and expressive moments.

Movements:

1. Allegro non troppo

2. Allegretto quasi Menuetto

3. Allegro

[orchestraordie]

kink: when u can hear cellists’ fingers on the fingerboard during bach recordings

[bachtothefugue]

listening to Vivaldi always puts a little

in my step

[illbebachinaminuet-deactivated2]

There’s no way I’m not re-blogging this

[flirting-with-psychology]

[professorsparklepants]

Tag yourself I’m Angus Dei

[thestrugglesofamusicmajor]

I’m Fiddler Crabs

[violapianolife-blog]

Musician Thing

Waiting to pause your music until the melody is on a stable scale degree.

[itsaviolathing]

Most annoying thing in the world: when someone pauses the music just before the resolution 😵

[archezposts]

me on a date: so do you like Shostakovitch?

date: Eww, I listened to his music once and it was the most freaky weird shit. He clearly had no idea what real music was, it's all just dissonant trash.

shoving breadsticks into my purse: I have to go now before I hear any more of your soviet censorship shit.

[classicfm]

russian: Чайко́вский english: Tchaikovsky german: Tschaikowsky polish: Czajkowski dutch: Tsjaikovski trump: Tchaicovfefe

[froglordt]

CLASSIC FM HAS ZERO CHILL

[archezposts]

me: *has a project due in less than 24 hours*

also me: *suddenly has an urge to begin writing a symphony*

[browsedankmemes]

Find your beat. via /r/wholesomememes http://ift.tt/2rDp5Ho

[archezposts]

Stalin on the phone with Shostakovitch: I swear I had nothing to do with the censorship of your work

Shostakovitch: ʷʰʸ ᵗʰᵉ fᵘͨᵏ ʸºᵘ ˡʸʸʸ'ⁿ, ʷʰʸ ʸºᵘ ᵃˡʷᵃʸˢ ˡʸʸʸ'ⁿ, ᵐᵐᵐᵐᵐᵐ ºʰ ᵐʸ ᵍºᵈ ˢᵗºp fᵘͨᵏ'ⁿ ˡʸʸʸ'ⁿ

[ceno-bites]

[amandayahh]

being a music major: a summary

[archezposts]

Salieri: *writes piece*

Mozart: *also writes piece*

Salieri: *despairs*

[disaster-impromptu]

It takes a brave composer to write in the key of C Major. You can’t use a lot of flats and sharps to hide a lack of original ideas.

my composition teacher (via duckie-duckduck)

[kappasquirrel]

[cravings]

what if the sound of the instruments you’re playing is them crying because you’re hurting them

[thatsthat24]

don’t do this

[confessions-of-a-cellist]

I already know what my cello’s wails mean

[howtomusicmajor]

Reasons Your Music Major is Crying

Their reed broke.

They forgot to eat this morning.

Bach.

They have an audition soon.

Their favorite practice room was taken.

They realized they haven’t seen the sun in two weeks.

They saw a dog when they looked out their teacher’s window.

They’re awake.

They’ve been awake for 18 hours and rehearsal isn’t over.

They got a lower chair than they wanted.

They got a higher chair than they were prepared for.

They just had an audition.

Messiaen.

They remembered the Katzenklavier existed.

They have to memorize Gregorian chant.

Their teacher scolded them.

Their teacher complimented them.

They were asked to perform ‘for exposure.’

Someone asked what they planned to do after graduation.

They heard an Otamatone.

They ran out of caffeine.

Their department’s funding was cut. Again.

They are currently auditioning.

They had to choose between performing one concert or performing a different concert.

Wagner. (The asshole.)

The price of Young Artist Programs.

The price of YAP applications.

Someone put their flute on a music stand.

Their mute fell out on stage.

Their teacher is retiring.

Their favorite performer tweeted back at them.

Someone PAID THEM TO PERFORM.

They finally hit that note.

They can finally go to sleep.

[viola-and-chill]

painfully accurate