Thank you ALL for your thoughtful and erudite responses! I hope you
will keep folowing this thread.
I never cease to be amazed at the amount of sheer knowledge and
intellect encapsulated within the lute list.
You have given me much more to ponder than I ever imagined possible.
(BTW, "Paint It Black" is one of my favorite Stones songs...)
Back to my original premise:
(Feel free to tear this apart - I'm all ears... : )
Following the musical metaphor line of thought, here's one very
far-fetched interpretation of Dowland's
"In Darkness Let Me Dwell":
In Darkness let me dwell:
In melancholy music let me have my reverie...
The ground shall sorrow be:
The foundation of the music - the chord structure / the figured bass -
shall evoke sorrow
The roof despair, to bar all
cheerful light from me:
The high notes shall evoke despair
(no happy sounds in this piece)
The walls of marble black that
Moistened, still shall weep:
The body of the music shall evoke tears
(the whole piece exudes sadness)
My music hellish, jarring sounds
To banish friendly sleep:
I'm never satisfied with my own playing,
but I am so driven I keep on,
fraught with insomnia
Thus wedded to my woes,
And bedded to my tomb:
My emotions are welded to the music
They are one...
O, let me living die...
Let me achieve ecstasy through immersing myself in this melancholy
music.
Such a catharsis...
Tom
Tom Draughon
Heartistry Music
http://www.heartistry.com/artists/tom.html
714 9th Avenue West
Ashland, WI 54806
715-682-9362
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