I'll Toccata Your Fugue
When I was 16 I went through this real Mozart kick. I was convinced that if I listened to his music enough I could find evidence of his insanity or something. Look I was 16, liked to read, thought highschool was for self-righteous ingrates, and needed some way to feel edgy. Of course I failed. Mostly I listened to his violin sonatas and piano concertos when the insanity was right there staring me in the face to the tune of several pieces written for Ben Franklin's "glass harmonica".
Anyways, my parent's insisted Bach was far better on the grounds that he was a believer (the still read alot of WORLD at the time). What I do remember is that Bach would bother to rock, and I respected that. To this day I'll still hit the Toccata & Fugue in D Minor when I want to take it to 11. Rugby teams should warm up to this music.
I should note that I know absolutely nothing about classical music, which implies I know absolutely nothing about the institution of "music" in general. This is quite fair. I occasionally throw around the phrase "Wagnerian Leitmotifs" and I have no idea what they are other than they the have the power, to move you.
"this is Bach and it rocks/its a rock block of bach/that we learned in the school/called the school of hard rock"
| By Josiah Roe | 03:48 PM
Comments
Check it out -- What a bizarre instrument. www.glassarmonica.com
Posted by: Ron at June 20, 2005 04:57 PM
Southern Adventist U had a glass 'armonicist out for a concert several years ago. I didn't go. The instrument has a pleasantly different sound, but after a couple of tunes, one gets the idea.
Wagnerian Leitmotif? Think: the music every time Darth Vader appears in a StarWars scene. Yes, Mr. Williams openly acknowledges his inspiration. It's just a theme identified with a character, but Wagner took it to the proverbial next level by carrying characters and their themes from one entire work into another. Ergo the Vader tune that shows up in multiple complete films that are themselves part of a larger œuvre.
Mozart was a believer, too. His later works incorporated several of the Freemasons' philosophical fundamentals. Read up on Zauberflöte.
The Toccata is good, but the bass line to the first movement of Suite No. 3 (BWV 1068, I think) is something that really rocks. The dude could fugue, that's for sure.
I'm just jottin' down some initial responses, nothing is meant by any of it.
Posted by: joe at June 20, 2005 10:27 PM
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