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Big ups to #XMenApocalypse for providing us a serious introduction to Beethoven’s Symphony 7: Allegretto Movement II Get yours here: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/beethovens-symphony-no.7-theme/id1039628205?i=1039628206&at=11lIDW&mt=1&app=music (via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgHxmAsINDk) (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

The theremin was invented in 1919 by a Russian physicist named Lev Termen (in the United States his name was Leon Theremin). Today, this marvelous instrument is once again in the musical spotlight. Besides looking like no other instrument, the theremin is unique in that it is played without being touched. Two antennas protrude fromContinue reading

The theremin was invented in 1919 by a Russian physicist named Lev Termen (in the United States his name was Leon Theremin). Today, this marvelous instrument is once again in the musical spotlight. Besides looking like no other instrument, the theremin is unique in that it is played without being touched. Two antennas protrude fromContinue reading

Death and the Maiden by Shubert

Death and the Maiden – String Quartet No. 14 in D minor by Franz Shubert (source). 1823 and 1824 were hard years for Schubert. For much of 1823 he was sick, some scholars believe with an outburst of tertiary stage syphilis, and in May had to be hospitalized.  He was also without money: he hadContinue reading “Death and the Maiden by Shubert”

Death and the Maiden – String Quartet No. 14 in D minor by Franz Shubert (source). 1823 and 1824 were hard years for Schubert. For much of 1823 he was sick, some scholars believe with an outburst of tertiary stage syphilis, and in May had to be hospitalized.  He was also without money: he hadContinue reading

INTERPRETATION:  Strange insight thanks to a power metal “Sonata Arctica” in a song called ’Blood’ about the conflicted between humans and Shistavanens – wolves represent the Other in humans and nature.  One of the lyrics says:   "Who’s more of a beast/A king or a priest" It struck me that The Emperor is a Sith andContinue reading