The very best of Gershwin. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbDfH9pRrzY&playnext=1&list=PL60A4A2A8A4ADCE77
My gift to you rigsy. dj On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 9:12 AM, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > I love the Russians and some of the other passionate composers. I am > after tempo but also the "reach" of melody as a longing. As for pop- I > like Gershwin and witty lyrics- Porter, Rodgers and Hart. Dislike > dissonance and wimpy love songs- often country western. Like soft rock > prior to heavy metal and present noise. Like being seized and carried > by music till my body is ready to dance away. > > On Jun 30, 7:42 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Umm I think that emotional context must be subjective. Do we all feel > > the same emotions when listening to the same piece of music? > > > > So I must ask does the composer have this emotional frame you speak > > of, or does he compose with his own emotions in mind? > > > > On the other hand I think we can agree that certian patterns of sound > > are well known for invokeing certian moods, so perhaps a little from > > coloumn A and a little from coloumn B? > > > > On Jun 30, 8:21 am, paradox <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Good questions; the author or composer must have a qualitative sense > > > of the emotional "frame" of the piece as he/she writes, presumably; > > > but its a marvel how they manage to reconstruct that qualia through > > > sound. > > > > > On Jun 29, 6:24 pm, "pol.science kid" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I know right.... music.... rhythm.... an immediate effect.... is it > merely > > > > the systematic striking of chords... i am in awe.. of those who > create > > > > music.... is music created... or is it there before the keys are > struck ... > > > > the chords pulled... do we make music or do we simlply tune in.... i > dont > > > > mean writing a song.... but a sonata perhaps.... where does it come > from.... > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 10:02 PM, paradox <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Today, i found myself completely lost in the magical wonderland of > > > > > Patrick Doyle's "My Fathers Favourite"; it is a breathtakingly > > > > > beautiful place indeed. Which got me thinking...what is it about > > > > > certain pieces of music that invoke in us an overwhelming emotional > > > > > landscape? > > > > > > -- > > > > \--/ Peace- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -
