{"id":43,"date":"2005-03-20T19:32:26","date_gmt":"2005-03-20T23:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoogervorst.dyndns.org\/~arthur\/wordpress\/?p=43"},"modified":"2005-03-27T10:57:27","modified_gmt":"2005-03-27T14:57:27","slug":"faustus-and-other-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=43","title":{"rendered":"Faustus and other music"},"content":{"rendered":"

C<\/span>leaning up stuff, I found a couple of CD-Rs which I thought were lost. Actually, I thought these disks were supposed to be rotting away.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

One of those disks sticks out: it’s a backup of all of my old mp3s, most of them classical, jazz and contemporary Raging Thirties music. Essential and highly personal stuff, handpicked because of the special meaning most of them have.\n<\/p>\n

Take for example the first movement of Eisler’s ‘Faustus – symphony’: it’s an eleven minute rollercoaster<\/em> with so many ups and downs and tempo changes that it could have been a summary of the past 4-5 years.\n<\/p>\n

Kurt Weill’s music (particularly the instrumentals from ‘Die Dreigroschenoper’ and ‘Aufstieg und Fall’) was primarily a jumpboard to more experimental music like the one that’s now on repeat in my media player: a piece performed by the Ebony Band1<\/sup>. I’m pretty sure it’s from a Hungarian composer who probably died an obscure death during the IInd World War.\n<\/p>\n

Not to mention works from Milhaud<\/a>, Antheil, Revueltas and Schoenberg (Verklarte Nacht\/Transfigured Night<\/a>). And Raymond Scott, naturally.\n<\/p>\n

Music and memories go along fine together. It’s like chocolate cookies with a glass of milk. Or peanut butter with chocolate sprinkles.\n<\/p>\n

1<\/sup>. That would have been a piece from Alois Haba<\/a>, who happens to be a Czech.
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\ned1.<\/em> Note: I was a regular contributor to Everything 2. More links inside.
\ned (03\/27\/05) <\/em>: Alfons correctly noticed that it wasn’t Haba<\/a>.
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Note: I was a regular contributor to Everything 2. More links inside.
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