88 posts tagged “music”
What Ash Wednesday means to me: time to break out my Jesus Christ Superstar soundtrack!
For some reason I can't insert text in that last post. If you click on the audio/video tab in the embed, you can watch the Jupiter String Quartet in action. I get to see them tomorrow night and I can't wait! It's been ages since I attended a classical/new music concert. Well, maybe it hasn't really been that long, but it feels like it.
My best friend just passed on this email. Does anyone know where this came from? I love it. My faves are Schoenberg, Glass, and Wagner. HAR.
A recent report now says that the Mozart effect is another charming urban legend. The bad news for the hip urban professionals: playing Mozart for your designer baby will not improve his IQ or help him get into that exclusive pre-school. He'll just have to get admitted to Harvard some other way. Of course, we're all better off for listening to Mozart purely for the pleasure of it. However, one wonders whether, if playing Mozart sonatas for little Tiffany or Jason could boost their intelligence, what would happen if other composers were played during the kiddies' developmental time?
LISZT EFFECT: Child speaks rapidly and extravagantly, but never really says anything important.
BRUCKNER EFFECT: Child speaks very slowly and repeats himself frequently. Gains reputation for profundity.
WAGNER EFFECT: Child becomes a megalomaniac. May eventually marry his sister.
MAHLER EFFECT: Child continually screams - at great length and volume - that he's dying.
SCHOENBERG EFFECT: Child never repeats a word until he's used all the other words in his vocabulary. Sometimes talks backwards. Eventually, people stop listening to him. Child blames them for their inability to understand him.
IVES EFFECT: The child develops a remarkable ability to carry on several separate conversations at once.
GLASS EFFECT: The child tends to repeat himself over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again.
STRAVINSKY EFFECT: The child is prone to savage, guttural and profane outbursts that often lead to fighting and pandemonium in the preschool.
BRAHMS EFFECT: The child is able to speak beautifully as long as his sentences contain a multiple of three words (3, 6, 9, 12, etc.) However, his sentences containing 4 or 8 words are strangely uninspired.
CAGE EFFECT: Child says nothing for 4 minutes, 33 seconds. (Preferred by 10 out of 9 classroom teachers.)
I just bought Mindy Smith's My Holiday album last year, but it seemed to become an instant classic for both me and my sister. There are some original songs mixed in with classics, and they all add up to a sweet work.
Here's one of my favorite songs off the album:
Stop me if you've heard this one...
