Music to cry for
Philip Glass!! I'm currently rehearsing a one act play based on his music; Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread by David Ives. Definitely interesting.
As for his music, I really like the first couple of tracks off Glass Reflections ('cept I left the cd at work, so I can't tell you what they're called).
As for his music, I really like the first couple of tracks off Glass Reflections ('cept I left the cd at work, so I can't tell you what they're called).
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We obviously have some minimalist fans.
Long years ago, someone at a Liberal Studies course played a minimalist piece that consisted, as far as I can remember it, of a number of overlaid series of clicks that, because of their varied rhythms, interacted in odd ways to sound like voices saying phrases and words .. a sort of audible Rorschach's test. I was given a copy of it at the time, but have lost the tape and details since then. Any suggestions?
Peter
Long years ago, someone at a Liberal Studies course played a minimalist piece that consisted, as far as I can remember it, of a number of overlaid series of clicks that, because of their varied rhythms, interacted in odd ways to sound like voices saying phrases and words .. a sort of audible Rorschach's test. I was given a copy of it at the time, but have lost the tape and details since then. Any suggestions?
Peter
"I think, therefore I am, I think." Solomon Cohen, in Terry Pratchett's Dodger
Wow, numerical event right here in this thread!
Peter and I have both posted 938 posts at this moment, well, until I post this one. Here's the copy-pasted proof:
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Peter, my one and only thought in such perplexity is google every which way -- cicks, audible Rorschach's test, etc.
As for Glass's String Quartet No. 5 part 5, it certainly doesn't feel minimalist to me! I'm thinking I'll try to make a little 7-second snippet for here. That's typically the legal limit on copyright material, and I really want to share a moment from each of these searing, soring pieces of music. wow
but I need a cup of tea first whew
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Peter! We have to high-five or something over our momentary twinship of posts.
Peter and I have both posted 938 posts at this moment, well, until I post this one. Here's the copy-pasted proof:
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Peter, my one and only thought in such perplexity is google every which way -- cicks, audible Rorschach's test, etc.
As for Glass's String Quartet No. 5 part 5, it certainly doesn't feel minimalist to me! I'm thinking I'll try to make a little 7-second snippet for here. That's typically the legal limit on copyright material, and I really want to share a moment from each of these searing, soring pieces of music. wow
but I need a cup of tea first whew
A
Peter! We have to high-five or something over our momentary twinship of posts.
Anita
Yes, the String Quartet is good. But I especially love Glass's Sanskrit opera, Satyagraha: http://www.philipglass.com/html/compositions/satyagraha.html
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination circles the world." Albert Einstein
I've listened to the first disk of Akhnaten and did enjoy it.
When I got cast in this play I went to our music librarian and explained what I was doing and that I needed a few samples of Philip Glass' music to get an idea what the play was based on. He sent me off with ten disc sets! So I've been sort of flitting from one disc to the next, not always making it through the entire thing. And in case anyone's interested, I think the play is meant to sound most like parts of Einstein on the Beach).
Today I'm listening to the opera Gesine mentioned. I'm only on the first movement, but it's amazing!
When I got cast in this play I went to our music librarian and explained what I was doing and that I needed a few samples of Philip Glass' music to get an idea what the play was based on. He sent me off with ten disc sets! So I've been sort of flitting from one disc to the next, not always making it through the entire thing. And in case anyone's interested, I think the play is meant to sound most like parts of Einstein on the Beach).
Today I'm listening to the opera Gesine mentioned. I'm only on the first movement, but it's amazing!
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Anita: I thought *I* spent too much time here, but you started some three months after me and have put more notes in the forum.
Talkative!
Congratulations,
""High five" always makes me think of a fairly gruesome snippet from Red Dwarf: "Give you five? I can give you fifteen!" Spare amputation floating around.
Peter
Talkative!
Congratulations,
""High five" always makes me think of a fairly gruesome snippet from Red Dwarf: "Give you five? I can give you fifteen!" Spare amputation floating around.
Peter
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Anything by Miriam Makeba, especially from her album called sangoma.
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Elvis Costello - When I was cruel. I cry every time
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Mary Chapin Carpenter's "Between Here and Gone" seems to have more than it's share of songs about death and the hereafter, but I loved it from first listen and still feel oddly comforted when one of the songs shows up on a shuffled playlist.
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OMG. Three of my friends and I did that last year, and we may be doing it for a theater competition sometime this year. That is one of the coolest pieces of theater out there, no question.gypsygirl wrote:Philip Glass!! I'm currently rehearsing a one act play based on his music; Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread by David Ives. Definitely interesting.
Glass's opera Einstein on the Beach is really cool, too. Everyone should listen to it straight through, all five-hours worth, just to say you have. It's quite an experience.
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