Hello All, I hope you’re well. Really.Here are some thoughts and observations I would like to share with you: Food that is gelatinous tends to fatten us. Official name of frontline medical workers: “Flu Fighters.” Just because something is out of focus doesn’t mean it isn’t there. Never wear earbuds to a Headbanger’s Ball. WhichContinue reading “Number 57”
Category Archives: classical music
More Brahms
Johannes Brahms has five songs in the Big Book of Classical Music. I have posted four already, here is number five – Waltz in A Flat Major.It is number 56 in the countdown of 100 Classical Songs. And don’t forget to share this with your friends! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixteen_Waltzes,Op._39(Brahms) And here is a song called The Moldau,Continue reading “More Brahms”
Songs 53 – 55
Here are some more classical songsThey’re not too short and not too longIt’s another gift to the world from meThe first one is Number 53 It was written by Johannes BrahmsWho always carried a Book of PsalmsHe was born way back in 1830He was very clean and rarely dirty So now, without further delayI giveContinue reading “Songs 53 – 55”
Song #52
We are on the downhill side of our countdown. Song number 52 in the countdown is an excerpt from the Fourth Movement of Symphony No. I in C Minor, written by Johannes Brahms (1830-1897). For more on the composer: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Johannes-Brahms My music program has a new feature: It can change the rhythm of the music.Continue reading “Song #52”
Half Way There
Today’s song is number 50 in the countdown of 100 Classical Masterpieces. I might just have this project done in time for, well, you-know-what. It was written by Francois-Joseph Gossec (1734-1829) and is called Gavotte. For more on the composer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Joseph_Gossec And here is song number 51, Prelude in C Major by Johann Sebastian BachContinue reading “Half Way There”
Bach is Back
Coming in at number 49 in our countdown of The “Hits of the 60’s” (1760’s, that is) is Air on the G String from Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). For more on that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_on_the_G_String
Raindrop Prelude
It’s the next best thing to rain. And it also is song number 48 from the Big Book of Classical Music. This next song is an excerpt from Prelude in D-Flat Major by Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849): For more about the song: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raindrop_Prelude
Number 47
Here is song number forty-seven from the Big Book of Classical Music. It is an excerpt from Symphony No. 2 in C Minor by Gustav Mahler (1860-1911): For more about the composer:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No.2(Mahler)
Jerry was right
The composer Robert Schumann did hear an “A” note when he had “Persistent Tinnitus.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Schumann I started working on transcribing this song yesterday, and couldn’t do anything else today because I had to finish it. Song #46 from the Big Book of Classical Music is called Piano Concerto in A Minor by Robert Schumann (1810-1856).(Warning:Continue reading “Jerry was right”
Number 43
The latest song from the Countdown of 100 Classical Masterpieces is entitled Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). Here is more about Mozart: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart
Aquarium
Yesterday I shared a song from Camille Saint-Saens entitled The Swan, from his opera Carnival of the Animals. Today’s entry is called Aquarium, and it is from that same opera. It is number 42 in our summer countdown of classical music.
The Swan
Song Number 41 in our big countdown of Classical Music is called The Swan. It is from The Carnival of the Animals by French Composer Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921). According to galaxymusicnotes.com, Camille Saint-Saëns was widely heralded as a teen prodigy, as he started exhibiting perfect pitch at the age of two. He was also consideredContinue reading “The Swan”
