JacquelineLandau
I long gave up trying to learn the piano / J'ai fait depuis longtemps mon deuil de jouer un jour du piano.
But I have the greatest respect for this instrument, for it is capable of such nuances, such a wide range of intensity at the hands of masters like Maurice Ravel. OK. OK. There was also Mozart and Chopin and Beethoven and Liberace -- ha! ha! Incidently, I never seen Liberace other than on tv? He was slightly before my time... I used to listen to Claude Debussy a lot. Please correct me if I am wrong but I am told he belongs to the "Impressionnists"? But that was before I discovered Ravel. Wow! Such power! Such fragility! Not so much his Bolero but his other orchestral work. He's a master arranger. The Waltz, in particular. I like digging behind the story of the works to find all kinds of nuggest that enhances my listening experience. In the case of The Waltz, it is said that he composed it in 1904 for a ballet that was to be presented in Paris? But it was turned down? It is said that it was a satire of the Vienna's waltzes... I can just imagine the long gowns swirling at the sound of the violins in those magical envenings... I think I would have liked to live in that era... So much grace... / Non, je n'apprendrai jamais le piano. Par contre, ça ne m'empêche pas d'avoir le plus grand respect de cet instrument dont j'admire profondément la sonorité. Shoppenhauer voyait la musique comme une représentation de la volonté elle-même (the "will"), en fait, la seule forme artistique qui ne soit pas un essai de représentation du monde. J'ai toujours aimé le piano. Elton John. Antonio Carlos Jobim. Claude Debussy et beaucoup d'autres que j'oublie... Mais, surtout, Maurice Ravel. Ah! Ravel, tout un monde! Surtout les orchestrations, tellement riche, l'émotion à l'état pur!
I long gave up trying to learn the piano / J'ai fait depuis longtemps mon deuil de jouer un jour du piano.
But I have the greatest respect for this instrument, for it is capable of such nuances, such a wide range of intensity at the hands of masters like Maurice Ravel. OK. OK. There was also Mozart and Chopin and Beethoven and Liberace -- ha! ha! Incidently, I never seen Liberace other than on tv? He was slightly before my time... I used to listen to Claude Debussy a lot. Please correct me if I am wrong but I am told he belongs to the "Impressionnists"? But that was before I discovered Ravel. Wow! Such power! Such fragility! Not so much his Bolero but his other orchestral work. He's a master arranger. The Waltz, in particular. I like digging behind the story of the works to find all kinds of nuggest that enhances my listening experience. In the case of The Waltz, it is said that he composed it in 1904 for a ballet that was to be presented in Paris? But it was turned down? It is said that it was a satire of the Vienna's waltzes... I can just imagine the long gowns swirling at the sound of the violins in those magical envenings... I think I would have liked to live in that era... So much grace... / Non, je n'apprendrai jamais le piano. Par contre, ça ne m'empêche pas d'avoir le plus grand respect de cet instrument dont j'admire profondément la sonorité. Shoppenhauer voyait la musique comme une représentation de la volonté elle-même (the "will"), en fait, la seule forme artistique qui ne soit pas un essai de représentation du monde. J'ai toujours aimé le piano. Elton John. Antonio Carlos Jobim. Claude Debussy et beaucoup d'autres que j'oublie... Mais, surtout, Maurice Ravel. Ah! Ravel, tout un monde! Surtout les orchestrations, tellement riche, l'émotion à l'état pur!