Another hit song from the “Big Book of Classical Music” is done.
Everyone is sure to remember Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Song of India.” I think they played this one at prom.
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/nikolai-rimsky-korsakov-mn0000250057/biography
Not to be confused with the 1812 Overture, another canon song.
This entire song has the same 8 chords repeating over and over: D, A, B Minor, F# Minor, G, D, G, A
This is the 22nd song I have posted from “The Big Book of Classical Music.” Just 78 songs to go.
This is one of the Beatles songs that doesn’t have a solo. It just repeats the same phrase four times.
I find that interesting.
Everybody, sing along……
I’ve got a word or two
To say about the things that you do
You’re telling all those lies
About the good things that we can have
If we close our eyes
Do what you want to do
And go where you’re going to
Think for yourself
‘Cause I won’t be there with you
I left you far behind
The ruins of the life that you have in mind
And though you still can’t see
I know your mind’s made up
You’re gonna cause more misery
Do what you want to do
And go where you’re going to
Think for yourself
‘Cause I won’t be there with you
Although your mind’s opaque
Try thinking more if just for your own sake
The future still looks good
And you’ve got time to rectify
All the things that you should
Do what you want to do
And go where you’re going to
Think for yourself
‘Cause I won’t be there with you
Do what you want to do
And go where you’re going to
Think for yourself
‘Cause I won’t be there with you
Think for yourself
‘Cause I won’t be there with you
Here is a song by our old friend Johann Sebastian Bach. (One of Burt Bacharach’s ancestors)
It was written in 1723, almost 300 years ago.
It is another song from the “Big Book of Classical Music”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesu,_Joy_of_Man%27s_Desiring
In case you were wondering where I’ll be
I’ll be taking a walk down by the sea
It’s quiet there and it’s so much fun
And the perfect place to follow the sun
As promised, another song from “The Big Book of Classical Music.”
The “New World” that Antonin Dvorak references in the title is actually America.
He wrote this symphony in 1892 in New York City. In the background you can almost hear a New World Tympany.
The whole story (or at least one version) can be found here:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/New-World-Symphony
Here is a song you’re sure to remember
It came out sometime in late September
Way back in Nineteen Sixty-Five
I heard it was a great year, were you alive?
The Beatles were everywhere, they could do no wrong
No matter the music, whatever the song
They changed music forever, you know the rest
And I think I like this song the best:
If you so choose
You got nothing to lose
You already have the blues.
Am I right?
This is what is known as a repetitive melody (I’ll say!). The last note of each 5-note phrase is a minor 7th from the root of the chord, that is what gives it that sound.
And that concludes today’s lesson.
Next week we will discuss the latest gadget from Silicon Valley: Noise Enhancing Earbuds for people who really enjoy noise.
Cannons not included:
Name That Tune:
This will be the third Tchaikovsky song I have worked on this week. They just keep getting better and better if you ask me. Am I right? Come on, back me up.
I present to you Romeo and Juliet. It is exactly 120 beats per minute which works out to two beats per second. If you don’t have a stopwatch you can use this song to keep time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet_%28Tchaikovsky%29
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