Just the other day I was watching a show, and there was a familiar song playing in the background. I knew what song it was, because I had recently posted it. The song was “Waltz In A-Flat Major” by Chopin. (The show was called “Hanna” on Amazon Prime. The song was playing in the restaurantContinue reading “Joseph Haydn Is In The House”
Monthly Archives: November 2021
Number 77
Ludwig Van Beethoven’s “Turkish March” is number 77 on the countdown of 100 Classical Songs. It is the eighth and final song by Ludwig Van Beethoven in the list. Can you believe we are 77 percent done with the list? I can’t believe it either. And just for fun, I changed the entire song intoContinue reading “Number 77”
Modal Music
I took Beethoven’s Third Symphony in E-Flat Major, deleted all of the flats and sharps, then moved the entire piece of music down a step at a time. The result was interesting. Some of the versions sound minor, because they are.
Number 76
Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major comes in at number 76 in the countdown of 100 classical songs. The section I transcribed here was 157 bars long. Like many of his songs it is written in the key of E-Flat Major. His favorite minor key was C-Minor, which is the relative minorContinue reading “Number 76”
He’s Back
In honor of the new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, here is my version of “Frolic” by Luciano Michelini: