It's a short week, which means work gets condensed into fewer days....only in 2.5 days this week, so please excuse the brevity today.... In lieu of my ramblings, have a go (in your leisure moments, ha ha!) at these articles! Caught my eye..... Just click on the title!
CHINESE LOVE OF PIANOS
NEW ZEALAND HEAVY METAL 27 year old CONDUCTOR of NZ Nat. Symphony!
POP STARS JOIN the MUSIC EDUCATION DRIVE
AROUND THE WATER COOLER
from SR Blog III April 4, I went on about: Speaking of cartoons....it's amazing to me how I became familiar with so much classical music.....via Saturday morning cartoons! Most especially, Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2. My husband and I can never hear it without breaking into wide grins, and then, "conducting" it right down to the final "DA DAHHH!", in imitation of whichever cartoon character was conducting the cartoon orchestra! (see blog III for further links on this topic!) SOOO....had to put in this bit I recently ran across...... Mickey Mouse Piano Solo - apparently it's the first time appearance of the "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor" in an animated cartoon. (source, Arts Journal). According to the Arts Journal, the tune would become famous in later cartoons ("Rhapsody in Rivets", "The Cat Concerto" and "Rhapsody Rabbit").Quoting Arts Journal: "Watch closely, you'll see that "Rhapsody Rabbit" borrowed heavily upon this performance by Mickey, as they use the same general situation and have a number of similar gags."
See you next Wednesday! SR
