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Lacrimosa dies ilia
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Lacrimosa dies ilia
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« on: January 26, 2006, 07:51:16 AM » |
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Do you like Blue Danube?
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Lacrimosa dies iloa
Qua resurget ex favilla
Judicandus homo reus.
Huic ergo parce Deus,
Pie Jesu Domine,
Dona els requiem.
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hornteacher
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« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2006, 10:03:51 AM » |
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Well considering the horn part to Blue Danube (and every other friggin waltz in creation) is:
rest -- bop-- bop -- rest -- bop -- bop
I would have to say "no".
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"Mozart was a bust." - Victor Borge
"That's Brahms! BRAHMS' THIRD RACKET!!!" - Basil Fawlty
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12tone
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« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2006, 12:20:47 PM » |
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Well considering the horn part to Blue Danube (and every other friggin waltz in creation) is:
rest -- bop-- bop -- rest -- bop -- bop
I would have to say "no".
HORN TEACHER, STAY AWAKE! YOU ARE FALLING ASLEEP!!!Oh Hornteacher, you were falling asleep talking to Tempora. He asked you if you like Blue Danube... HORN TEACHER, STAY AWAKE! YOU ARE FALLING ASLEEP!!! |
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hornteacher
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« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2006, 12:44:33 PM » |
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Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.................
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"Mozart was a bust." - Victor Borge
"That's Brahms! BRAHMS' THIRD RACKET!!!" - Basil Fawlty
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elisd56
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« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2006, 02:22:29 PM » |
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I love the blue danube and other strauss waltzes.
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Mahlered
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« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2006, 03:14:33 PM » |
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I'm with Hornteacher on this one. Booo-ring. But the horn parts and the viola parts are usually the same for Strauss, so that is to be expected.
That said, I would much rather hear the Blue Danube than play it.
And that said, I went to Vienna this summer and spent a good amount of time near the Danube, and it really isn't blue. Lies, I tell you, LIES!
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npwilkinson
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« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2006, 05:28:05 PM » |
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Nor is it really in Vienna, which comes as a surprise the first time...
As to the waltz, of course what happens is rest-bop-bop for about half the orchestra, and bop-rest-rest for most of the others, while the first violins play a tune.
That New Year concert... Looks and sounds like something thought up in Brussels. The Eurovision Kitsch contest.
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val
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« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2006, 06:13:00 PM » |
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No, it is monotonous and the melody seems very poor to me. The only things I can hear of Johann Strauss are the "Fliedermaus" and the Waltz "Legends of Wienn's woods".
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Harry
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« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2006, 09:27:30 PM » |
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Its a beautifull piece of genius, but so is all the music from Strauss!
Harry
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Hector
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« Reply #9 on: January 26, 2006, 11:04:21 PM » |
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To hear it once a year is more than enough, I would have thought.
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npwilkinson
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« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2006, 02:37:25 AM » |
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Its a beautifull piece of genius, but so is all the music from Strauss!
Wrong Strauss, Harry! |
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bhodges
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« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2006, 03:30:22 AM » |
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I actually love the Blue Danube, when it's played well, and many other Strauss waltzes, too. I've renewed my acquaintance with many of them in the last few years, thanks to a friend who gave me a copy of an old Reiner recording of them (wonderful), and also Franz Welser-Möst, who occasionally does them as encores in his concerts with the Cleveland Orchestra.
Further, like a lot of other music, these waltzes have more to offer than just the melodies. Of course, that's what we love, but the orchestration and texture are also crucial to their success.
--Bruce
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"Why tonality as such should be thrown out for good I can't see. Why it should always be present I can't see." -- Charles Ives, Essays
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« Reply #12 on: January 27, 2006, 05:05:35 AM » |
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And that said, I went to Vienna this summer and spent a good amount of time near the Danube, and it really isn't blue. Lies, I tell you, LIES!
Maybe it was at the time...  |
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brian_rein
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« Reply #13 on: January 30, 2006, 08:46:53 AM » |
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And that said, I went to Vienna this summer and spent a good amount of time near the Danube, and it really isn't blue. Lies, I tell you, LIES!
Lehar wrote a waltz entitled "On the Beautiful Grey Danube"  ...so obviously things have changed quite seriously, if it ever was blue to start with... Johann Strauss is beautiful to listen to, and when I'm feeling a little blue I know it's time to pull out a disc or two from the Marco Polo complete edition... the Emperor Waltz was one of the original pieces that got me into classical music, and I still prefer it by a large margin over the Blue Danube. It's beautiful and perfect and elegant ... Strauss had a melodic gift that made others jealous. Some of my favorite tunes come from Roses from the South, Be Embraced Ye Millions, Voices of Spring, and the Pasman-Walzer, which I have to mention in every Strauss thread... All that said, an hour of Strauss consecutively has to be done very well to not get monotonous. Some of the Marco Polo discs get boring (particularly Alfred Walter's outings) but the New Year's Day concerts...mmm lovely... *closes eyes and reminisces* |
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My favorite CDs of 2006:
Kalliwoda: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 7; Das Neue Orchester, Christoph Spering (CPO)
Stamitz: Orchestral Quartets; New Zealand Chamber Orchestra, Donald Armstrong (Naxos)
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 6; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Lovro von Matacic (Supraphon)
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uffeviking
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« Reply #14 on: January 30, 2006, 02:25:34 PM » |
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I have heard it stated by more than one professional musician that Johann Strauss jr. was one of the greatest composers and his Blue Danube his master piece.
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Pfüat Di!
Lis
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