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Greatest Wagner Passages that did not make the compilation cuts

brianwalker — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:11:34 GMT

I find it egregious that no compilation album features these passages

I. Transformation Music Act I - Parsifal
II. Transformation Music Act III - Parisfal
III. Prelude to Act II - Die Walkure
IV. Prelude to Act III - Tristan und Isolde

These are some of the greatest passages in all of Wagner! I shudder when I think how many potential Wagnerites turned again because they found the existing orchestral compilations discs unsatisfactory or not impressive enough. The Prelude to Act III is, IMHO, much more "meaty" than the Prelude to Act I in terms of immediate effect - the Prelude to Act I gets off on a slow start.

As for Parsifal, for me the Transformation music and the corresponding choruses that follows blows the Good Friday Magic out of the waters! They're probably my favorite passages in all of Wagner.

Puzzle

fishman10 — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:04:48 GMT

This is a cool coin puzzle I found. The object is to get three of one type of coin on one side and three of the other type on the other side

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q3ZT1gSqT0

Trying to help a filmmaker find a good classical piece for soundtrack!

aoikiwi — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:58:24 GMT

Hi all,

I'm new here and I'm hoping you more knowledgeable folks can help me brainstorm!

I'm a student in a film/animation program, and a friend of mine is trying to find some good classical music, ideally old enough to be public domain, for his soundtrack. I've got some orchestra experience but not enough to come up with many ideas. Basically, he's looking for something dark and heavy, similar to the intense parts of Montagues and Capulets by Prokofiev (starts at 1:35), or In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt-- but less easily recognizable. :)

I'm pretty much stumped, haha, so if any of you have any ideas, we'd really appreciate hearing them! Thanks a lot!

A thread for Ancient Music, please!!!

H�ctor — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:02:23 GMT

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The Hurrian songs are a collection of music inscribed in cuneiform on clay tablets excavated from the Hurrian city of Ugarit which date to approximately 1400 BC. One of these tablets, which is nearly complete, contains the Hurrian hymn to Nikkal (also known as the Hurrian cult hymn or A Zaluzi to the Gods, or simply h.6), making it the oldest surviving substantially complete work of notated music in the world. While the composers' names of some of the fragmentary pieces are known, h.6 is an anonymous work (...) The first published attempt to interpret the text of h.6 was made in 1977 by Hans-Jochen Thiel, and his work formed the basis for a new but still very provisional attempt made 24 years later by Theo J. H. Krispijn, after Hurritology had made significant progress thanks to archaeological discoveries made in the meantime at a site near Boğazkale

Discography: Music of the Ancient Sumerians, Egyptians & Greeks, new expanded edition. Ensemble De Organographia (Gayle Stuwe Neuman and Philip Neuman). CD recording. Pandourion PRDC 1005. Oregon City: Pandourion Records, 2006. [Includes the nearly complete h.6 (as "A Zaluzi to the Gods"), as well as fragments of 14 others, following the transcriptions of M. L. West.]

NI Rebekah Brooks phone hacking case

Quijote — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:59:04 GMT

Don't know if you've all been following this, but here's a recent link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/ma...brooks-charges
Don't they all say that? I can't help the feeling that some bigger fish than "flame-haired" Rebekah will escape the cane.

Desert Rocks Music Festival 2012

nicholany — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:46:59 GMT

Desert Rocks Music Festival 2012 - It's more than just music!
2012 Theme: Celebrating Consciousness
June 7-10, Green River, Utah
www . desertrocks . org

This year, Desert Rocks transforms into much more than a music festival, it is a celebration!

Featuring 5 Stages, 117 Bands and DJ's, 20+ films, 10+ Speakers, 12 of the nations top Poets, amazing Workshops, an Art Gallery, and a Healing Center!

Beats Antique * The Wailers * Lucent Dossier Experience * Brother Ali * RJD2 * JGB feat. Melvin Seals * Chali 2na and The House of Vibe * The Polish Ambassador * Elephant Revival (2 nights) * Random Rab * GAUDI * MTHDS * Govinda * Euforquestra * Octopus Nebula * DeadPhish Orchestra * Lunar Fire * Willie Waldman Project featuring Wisdom * Samples * Nathan Moore * The Burned * Wisebird * Stonefed * White Water Ramble * Andy Frasco and the UN * Dirt Monkey * The Possum Posse featuring A Guy on a Buffalo Show * Sweatshop Union * Spell Talk * Michael Garfield * Afro Omega * Holy Water Buffalo * Tatanka * The Human Experience * Equaleyes * James and The Devil * Crushendo * Human Agency * Lil Sum'n Sum'n * Grant Farm * Marinade * The Human Revolution * Luke Benson Band * The Williams Brothers Band * Jaden Carlson Trio * Max Pain & The Groovies * Wounded Healer * Bedrockk * Scenic Byway * Funk & Gonzo * Roots Rawka * Tyeze * Babylon System * The Drunken Hearts * Ashlee K and Karen Waldrup as The Violets * Wasnatch * DJ Ebenflow * Red Dog Revival * Bonfire Dub * Sea Stars * Dynohunter * The Pour Horse * ATOMGA * Triggers & Slips * Puddle Mountain Ramblers * JACK+JILL * Huckle * Ragtime Willie * Gigi Love * Tony Holiday & The Velvetones * Timmi Cruz * deCay * Heartwreck * DJ Balance * The Pillars Project * Anthony Motto * deCay featuring InEssence * 12BC * RKTboy * Nocturnal Safari * Raw-Fidelity * 2 1/2 White Guys * Soltron * illoom * Dr. ILL * K<3Love * B Town * Maestrobe * Darkside * Prowess � and more to come!

ull Festival Pass Pricing Schedule:
April 1st - New ticketing Matrix Begins see below:
Tier 1 - $115 - SOLD OUT!!!
Tier 2 - $125 - Less than 150 tickets available
Tier 3 - $140 - 250 tickets available
Tier 4 - $155 - 250 tickets available
Tier 5 - $170 - 250 tickets available
Tier 6 - $185 - 250 tickets available
Tier 7 - $200 - Till sold out!
Gate Price - $225

VIP Packages: Camping Lodging Pass Still Required

Ascension Level 1 - $465

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Take a Friend to the Orchestra

timothyjuddviolin — Tue, 15 May 2012 03:01:11 GMT

When was the last time you brought a newcomer to classical music?

http://www.timothyjuddviolin.com/201...the-orchestra/

I made my new list

myaskovsky2002 — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:12:45 GMT

A nice list of

- all my music
- all my music by date (on reverse)
- all operas
- all Russian music

Enjoy it!

http://www3.bell.net/svp1

:lol2:
Martin

PhD Studentship Investigating Spontaneous Musical Imagery (Earworms)

Philidor — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:33:52 GMT

With thanks to @saquabote on twitter:

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Applications are invited for a PhD Studentship starting in September 2012 to undertake research on Spontaneous Musical Imagery (or 'earworms')....

Closing date: 31st May 2012. It's worth �15,590 per year plus tuition fees!

http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AEG809/phd...gery-earworms/

Can you identify this?

frippet2012 — Sun, 13 May 2012 08:45:43 GMT

My Dad, who is now 86, and has been a pianist and organist all his life is being driven mad by not being able to identify the attached piece of music. He got up in the middle of the night to write it down because it was bugging him so much. Can anyone help put his mind at rest?

Thank you.

Attached Files

dads unknown music.pdf (230.6 KB)

G�bekli Tepe

H�ctor — Sat, 12 May 2012 23:16:11 GMT

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G�bekli Tepe Turkish: [ɡ�be̞kli te̞pɛ]("Potbelly Hill") is a Neolithic (stone-age) hilltop sanctuary erected at the top of a mountain ridge in southeastern Anatolia, some 15 kilometers (9 mi) northeast of the town of Şanlıurfa (formerly Urfa / Edessa). It is the oldest known human-made religious structure. The site was most likely erected by hunter-gatherers in the 10th millennium BCE (c. 12,000 years ago) and has been under excavation since 1994 by German and Turkish archaeologists. Together with Nevalı �ori, it has revolutionized understanding of the Eurasian Neolithic (...) G�bekli Tepe is regarded as an archaeological discovery of the greatest importance since it could profoundly change our understanding of a crucial stage in the development of human societies. It seems that the erection of monumental complexes was within the capacities of hunter-gatherers and not only of sedentary farming communities as had been previously thought. In other words, as excavator Klaus Schmidt puts it: "First came the temple, then the city." This revolutionary hypothesis will have to be supported or modified by future research (...) At present, G�bekli Tepe raises more questions for archaeology and prehistory than it answers. We do not know how a force large enough to construct, augment, and maintain such a substantial complex was mobilized and rewarded or fed in the conditions of pre-Neolithic society. We cannot "read" the pictograms, and do not know for certain what meaning the animal reliefs had for visitors to the site; the variety of fauna depicted, from lions and boars to birds and insects, makes any single explanation problematic. As there seems to be little or no evidence of habitation, and the animals depicted on the stones are mainly predators, the stones may have been intended to stave off evils through some form of magic representation; it is also possible that they served as totems. The assumption that the site was strictly cultic in purpose and not inhabited has also been challenged by the suggestion that the structures served as large communal houses, "similar in some ways to the large plank houses of the Northwest Coast of North America with their impressive house posts and totem poles." It is not known why every few decades the existing pillars were buried to be replaced by new stones as part of a smaller, concentric ring inside the older one. Human burial may or may not have occurred at the site. The reason the complex was eventually backfilled remains unexplained. Until more evidence is gathered, it is difficult to deduce anything certain about the originating culture or the site's significance.

Tenor Arnold Rutkowski

Anna — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:38:24 GMT

Hi there - I know I've recently started an controverse topic about your favourite opera, and I'm gratefull for your answers:)
Now I would like to reccomend you a polish tenor Arnold Rutkowski. His technique and voice are great now - but his still evolving. I've got a few info's bout him.
I start this topic as an inspiration for you- maybe you could also start new ones about singers you like or want to recommend to others :) so I'll share with you some links:

http://www.facebook.com/arnoldrutkowski

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR1oM...ature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXnrvLgNFFw

so... I'm waiting on your answers

Non-music youtube thread

Herzeleide — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:49:27 GMT

I'll start off with this -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=NSZwhI4HOHE

:)

Best Quote of the Day

Mambo — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:02:49 GMT

Today at the Bank of America shareholders meeting,
a not-so-happy shareholder told ceo Brian Moynihan:

"I thought i was going to get somebody (who was) Contrite.
Instead i got You!"

Lisbon: a Renaissance song and a colloquium

Manuel Pedro Ferreira — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:45:16 GMT

Hi,
If you never heard a 3-voice Renaissance song in Portuguese, try the live recording attached ("Minina dos olhos verdes", performed by Vozes Alfonsinas). The text translates more or less like this:
"O maiden of eyes green, why don't you ever see me? Look at me , madam, see that I see you, and my desire is ever growing; being crude is not of green eyes, because you do not see me. Look at my suffering for loving you, see my pains, see what I ask, eyes that I know, gracious and green: why don't you see me? Green they are, their colour means hope, but not their works: your condition is not of green eyes, since you do not see me." (it sounds better in Portuguese)

We will have this June, in Lisbon and Arr�bida (at a historical Palace and a Renaissance Convent) a colloquium on Medieval and Renaissance music in the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal & Spain). The link below provides all needed information:
http://cesem.fcsh.unl.pt/events/inte...elated-sources

Attached Files

03 VAlf.CCB.mp3 (2.35 MB)