Tag Archives: classical music

Tango Habanero (‘Youkali’)

Posted on February 3, 2008 by Arthur

Tango Habanero (or ‘Youkali’) is probably the most popular music piece of the (musical) play ‘Marie Galante’ (based on a novel written by Jacques Deval). There is too much to tell about ‘Marie Galante’: first of all, the book was … Continue reading →

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Noche de Jaranas

Posted on January 26, 2008 by Arthur

I read that Alfons recently visited a performance of La Noche de Mayas, so hey, why not add the composer Revueltas to the ‘Past the bridge’ category. I have a couple of sound samples from the Mexican composer but the … Continue reading →

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Lied des Lotterieagenten

Posted on January 15, 2008 by Arthur

People who are familiar with this blog, know that I like early 20th century classical music, particular the music from the early 20s to the 30s. In this time of turbulence (the socio-economical problems in the Thirties and the rise … Continue reading →

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Le Boeuf sur le Toit

Posted on October 8, 2006 by Arthur

Yesterday, I came across this performance of Milhaud’s ‘Le Boeuf sur le Toit’ at Google Video. I actually ended up at Google via Daniella Thompson’s excellent Brazilian music blog (permalink to video)1. I ran into her blog a couple of … Continue reading →

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Le Tourbillon Mecanique

Posted on September 30, 2006 by Arthur

Early 2000, I joined Alfons to visit a concert of the Ebony Band, one of the leading modern music orchestras in the Netherlands. The main theme that night was typical ’30s avant-garde music from (rather unknown) Hungarian and Czech composers. … Continue reading →

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