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> Edward Dolan wrote:
>> [...]
>> If you want to mourn the missing and the dead, go to a church and say
>> some prayers or wander about cemeteries contemplating headstones like I
>> do. Want some wisdom? Here it is in just 10 simple words:[...]
> Or one can fail in one's attempt to memorialize the dead, but create
> something truly spectacular for the living:
> <
Verdi is rather old hat these days. Here is something more suited for our
generation:
I think I greatly prefer the "Joe Green" piece; he is after all a
relatively modern composer.
For a 20th Century memorial piece, this is my favorite [1]:
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[1] First heard on a free BIS sampler CD.
Neither your Verdi nor your Part do anything for me oddly enough. Slow
moving music without much melody will depend a lot on the harmonies
employed. The Gorecki affects me deeply, but I can't explain exactly why. I
note that Jim McNamara also experienced it the way I did. Music is the most
mysterious of all the arts.
To me the Gorecki was rather formless and left little impression.
To each his own, it seems.
Quoted message said:Verdi was an excellent composer of operas until he got too dramatic like
Wagner. Opera for me is all about song, not about drama. By the way, Verdi
also wrote excellent ballet music for his operas.
The call of "libera me" in Verdi's setting is not for the dead, but a
transcendent call for deliverance of the living, unmatched by any other.
Quoted message said:I think composing music,
especially opera, is a young man's game.
Good that "Papa" Haydn did not think that way. His greatest work was in
his last decade as an active composer.
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Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
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