Feb 4, 2019
a moment of silence for musicians surviving this winter
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a moment of silence for musicians surviving this winter
that orchestra meme
PIECE I HATE: Mendelssohn 5 PIECE I THINK IS OVERRATED: Beethoven 6 PIECE I THINK IS UNDERRATED: Florence Price Symphony 1 PIECE I LOVE: Brahms 4 PIECE I CHERISH: Prokofiev “Romeo & Juliet” PIECE I COULD LISTEN TO ON REPEAT: Ein Heldenleben PIECE I STILL WANT TO DO: Ein Heldenleben PIECE THAT MADE ME FALL IN LOVE WITH ORCHESTRA LITERATURE: Don Juan PIECE THAT CHANGED MY LIFE: Mahler 3 and Brahms 1 GUILTY PLEASURE: Strauss 1 and Gliere horn concertos PIECE I SHOULD HAVE DONE BY NOW BUT HAVEN’T: Beethoven 9
i’m pretentious about music if you let me off the leash but i am not that guy who has to remind you *cough* “Mahler did not write classical music, he is actually a Neo-Romanticist” so i have that going for me
why are cellists always hot
Thus without music no discipline can be perfect, for there is nothing without it. The very universe, it is said, is held together by a certain harmony of sounds, and the heavens themselves are made to revolve by the modulations of harmony. Music moves the feelings and changes the emotions. In battles, moreover, the sound of the trumpet rouses the combatants, and the more furious the trumpeting, the more valorous their spirit. A chant likewise encourages the rowers, music soothes the mind so that it can endure toil, and song assuages the weariness encountered in any task. Music also composes distraught minds, as may be read of David, who freed Saul from the unclean spirit by the art of melody. The very beasts also, even serpents, birds, and dolphins, are enticed by music to listen to her melody. Indeed every word we speak, every pulsation of our veins, is related by musical rhythms to the powers of harmony.
Isidore, Etymologies, Book 3
did you know
the new york philharmonic was founded in the same year as the vienna philharmonic
the harmonic series means so much to me
i almost pissed myself when i was alone in the car this morning and heard somebody COUGH and that's how i learned my CSO Shosty 5 is a live recording