tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post416409741912699726..comments2024-03-18T17:08:18.111-05:00Comments on Fatale Abstraction: A stately march through immaculate cloisters...phlegmfatalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-67132514094348624932011-06-20T23:17:37.750-05:002011-06-20T23:17:37.750-05:00Someone else who understand that music doesn't...Someone else who understand that music doesn't need words to be extremely profound! Some of my very favorite pieces are instrumental.<br /><br />That being said, a cappella music has a charm all its own; both Hubby and I sang in a semi-professional college choir in which the bulk of our repertoire was a cappella. (Shoot, we learned new music on tour just to be able to sing it in concert that night. Imagine learning a difficult rendition of the Negro Spiritual "Deep River," underscored in German, only to have your director look at you just before breaking for dinner, when you've toiled over that sucker all day, and saying, "Repeat after me, 'Tiefes wasser...'" He was lucky he made it to dinner and that we all didn't throw our scores at him.) While there is nothing as incredible as precise a cappella, there is nothing as horrible as <i>bad</i> a cappella.<br /><br />God save me from having to ever sing Duruflé's <i>Requiem</i> ever again. On the other hand, his <i>Quatre Motets</i> were marvelous to sing.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoLijZDa5R4Auntie Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291024186455331856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-69152665845568923742011-06-11T23:12:42.063-05:002011-06-11T23:12:42.063-05:00You're a deep one Phlemmy!You're a deep one Phlemmy!Vinogirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10145696108646897751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-70114925824211933542011-06-10T20:11:13.215-05:002011-06-10T20:11:13.215-05:00Very nice! Thank you.Very nice! Thank you.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16444403470022630729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-61651670984596498822011-06-10T16:46:05.413-05:002011-06-10T16:46:05.413-05:00A fantastic choice, so evocative of things past.A fantastic choice, so evocative of things past.Thudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320037763190473684noreply@blogger.com