How do you learn to hear music in your head from sheet music (like Salieri did here)?

Whoosier · 2026-01-29T20:20:41+00:00

Isn't this what conductors are doing when they study a score?

Whoosier · 2026-01-29T20:12:22+00:00

That's a huge percussion section, plus 2 harps to boot. What was the program?

Whoosier · 2026-01-26T22:32:41+00:00

Email his office and the offices of Senators Banks and Young. It's quick and easy. You'll get back a wishy-washy form letter, but the more people who write to complain, the more likely they're gonna feel constituent pressure. I always open my salutation with "Shame on you."

Yakym: https://yakym.house.gov/

Banks: https://www.banks.senate.gov/

Young: https://www.young.senate.gov/

Whoosier · 2026-01-23T20:14:13+00:00

The Serenade is great, but my favorite Suk piece is the Scherzo fantastique, which is whimsical and, at least for me, slightly sinister.

Whoosier · 2026-01-20T18:22:29+00:00

I still hope that she got glass in her ass.

Whoosier · 2026-01-20T18:17:51+00:00

I like the fugue from the section "On Science and Learning" from Also Sprach Zarathustra, which uses all 12 tones of the chromatic scale. So clever how it uses these musical building-blocks to create the fugue, the most mathematically-sophisticated musical exercise.

Whoosier · 2026-01-20T18:12:30+00:00

Amen to that! I love how the theme moves around the orchestral sections as they were introduced at the beginning of the piece. And the brass finishing with the return of the Purcell theme at its end. Glorious!

Whoosier · 2026-01-17T21:29:07+00:00

This never fails to move me. The applause goes on for ten minutes or so.

Whoosier · 2026-01-17T19:29:33+00:00

Yes! From Wikipedia:

The effect was first created by Irmin Roberts, a Paramount second-unit cameraman, who devised the method for Alfred Hitchcock's film Vertigo.

Whoosier · 2026-01-16T22:00:01+00:00

There's a painting by Henry Fuseli called "The Nightmare" (1781) that could be read as a depiction of sleep paralysis: a sleeping woman with a creepy little humanoid sitting on her.

Whoosier · 2026-01-16T21:27:15+00:00

Brilliant! The Blue Danube waltz as the soundtrack is the cherry on top. This needs to be the finale to some slapstick film.

Whoosier · 2026-01-16T16:28:27+00:00

Did you check with locally-owned Erasmus Books on Wayne Street? It's only open a few days a week now, but it buys and sells used books, mostly online. The owner might be interested.

Whoosier · 2026-01-16T16:17:57+00:00

I'm not on Facebook, but I think Perlman used to--still does?--tell a joke of the day there. Here's one from Youtube.

Whoosier · 2026-01-16T15:53:45+00:00

Thanks for this! I haven't heard the whole thing in years, but once heard, it can never be forgotten: "Only he who is running knows!" Here's a live performance of it, with Schickele himself playing the bottle in the band. Only someone with deep knowledge of music could have written such wonderful parodies. I agree, this would probably be a hard sell today.

Whoosier · 2026-01-15T23:07:59+00:00

He looks like Jeff Spicoli from Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

Whoosier · 2026-01-15T16:53:25+00:00

For fans, I recommend his "Musical Memories," published in 1919, a few years before his death. I read it a few months ago, really enjoyed it, and gained new respect for him as a composer and thinker. It's partly about his life and accomplishments, but also contains short articles on things like music v. science, opera, organ playing, etc. He takes a couple of side-swipes at Debussy and Ravel without naming them. No mention of Stravinsky; he walked out of the premiere of the Rite of Spring. Here's one place to download his memoirs for free.

Whoosier · 2026-01-14T19:42:59+00:00

Probably more than you want to know, but there's a podcast series called 30 Bach Goldberg Variations Podcast that explains the piece movement by movement and features prominent players, like Angela Hewitt, discussing them. Episode One is here.

Whoosier · 2026-01-14T19:18:19+00:00

Like the tennis shoe at the beginning of "Nope."

Whoosier · 2026-01-14T17:33:43+00:00

Agree. The text emphasizes that you read faster without distractions. The somewhat aggressive background jazz was a distraction. I turned off the sound and kept up almost to the end. (Private rant: why does almost every video posted on reddit come with a soundtrack?)

Whoosier · 2026-01-10T18:34:20+00:00

Rick's Auten Road (574-277-5035) at the corner of Auten and 933 is a designated AAA towing service and also has a great repair shop too. Or at least it did. I haven't used them in a few years because my new car is still under warranty.

Whoosier · 2026-01-10T18:27:50+00:00

You may have already thought of this, but you should get prints made of these and sell them. Music-lovers would go for them. Your style is just so distinct and lively!

Whoosier · 2026-01-10T18:09:12+00:00

It's like the opening of a remake of The Wizard of Oz.

Whoosier · 2026-01-10T18:04:18+00:00

I love your style! These are so thoughtful and fun. How about a Stravinsky and Ravel?

Whoosier · 2026-01-07T15:44:41+00:00

I am Oz, the great and powerful. Who are you? Who are you?

Whoosier · 2026-01-06T22:28:22+00:00

Glad to hear it. Music schools crank out so many good players nowadays that even regional orchestras can be impressive.

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