FReeper Canteen - Tunes for Troops/Wedding Celebration - 20 Oct 2012

Our Troops Rock! | The Canteen DJ/s

[AZamericonnie]

The FReeper Canteen sends our best wishes....

Congratulations on your Nuptials Old Sarge & Bride of Old Sarge!

Your carriage awaits....

The banquet hall is prepared & let the feasting begin!

Word is that Ma baked this cake for you herself....

May thy life be long and happy,
Thy cares and sorrows few;
And the many friends around thee
Prove faithful, fond and true.
May your voyage through life be as happy and as free
As the dancing waves on the deep blue sea

Mendelssohn - The Wedding March

Celtic Woman - My Lagan Love

Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I saw Your Face

Tony Bennett - The Way You Look Tonight

Barry White - My First, My Last, My Everything

Clarke - Trumpet Voluntary

[SandRat]

Old Sarge and Old Sarge Bride

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, AZ, for spinning tunes for the troops and the newlyweds (almost). *HUGS*

[AZamericonnie]

Ray Charles...a national treasure Liberty.

Great to see you & hope your week has gone well! *Hugs*

[Drumbo]

Life's A Long Song
~ Jethro Tull ~

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[AZamericonnie]

ROFL! So glad you got a chuckle...but I still love your tag better!:)

[luvie]

MY TUNES ARE DEDICATED
TO SARGE AND HIS BRIDE--

Alvino Rey~Deep In The Heart Of Texas

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[SkyDancer]

Hi - just peeking in ... no pic’s from dad or his friends yet but when they come in I’ll be posting. (((hugs))) Janey

[AZamericonnie]

Good eveing Missy & thank you for joining us this evening! *Hugs*

[Drumbo]

Rock Is My Life, and This Is My Song
~ Bachman-Turner Overdrive ~

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[AZamericonnie]

A busy week Mayor? Hope all is well with you & the family.

Thank you for our Daily Bread! *Hugs*

[AZamericonnie]

~~Tunes For The Troops~~

 

Etta James - At Last

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I Used To Know This Song By Heart
~ Brooks & Dunn ~

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[luvie]

MY TUNES ARE DEDICATED
TO SARGE AND HIS BRIDE--

Basia~If Not Now, Then When

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[Publius]

In 1934, Sergei Rachmaninov turned to one of the best known violin works in the literature. Niccolo Paganini’s 24th Caprice had been set as variations by Brahms and would later be set by such composers as George Rochberg and Witold Lutoslawski. Sergei decided to set his variations in the form of a piano concerto, and it was to become one of his most beloved pieces. What attracted him to this melody is that the harmonic pattern underlying it is the Dies irae, which was his favorite tune.

The rhapsody was premiered in Baltimore by Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra with Rachmaninov at the piano. When it came to Philadelphia, it was the hottest ticket in town.

My maternal grandfather had a cousin, a clarinettist in the Philadelphia Orchestra, who was known as “Uncle Joe”. He died before I was born, so I never met him. He had the ability to take a piece apart and tell you exactly how and why it worked. It’s been said I picked up some of his gifts. Uncle Joe managed to get a ticket for my seventeen year old mother, and she was looking forward to it.

My grandmother, however, didn’t want my mother out on the streets alone at night. This was absurd, as Philadelphia was not the cesspool it is today. Back then, it was perfectly safe to take public transportation at night, and everybody did it. My mother and grandmother got into a shouting match, and she didn’t go to the concert. Uncle Joe was furious.

Two years later, Rachmaninov came through town again to play the rhapsody. By this time, Stokowski was gone, and Eugene Ormandy had come in from Minneapolis to replace him. This time my mother got a ticket and went.

She said she had never seen a set of hands as huge as Rachmaninov’s. By this time, she had practically worn the shellac off the RCA Victor 78 rpm records of the piece, and she knew every last twist and turn. I don’t know if she got Rachmaninov’s autograph that night, but she was absolutely star struck.

5:42: Sounds like something Gershwin would have written with the syncopated, fascinating rhythm. Rachmaninov jazzes up the Dies irae!
6:20: Result of a bet. “Betcha you can’t make an orchestra tuning up sound interesting!” Rachmaninov won the bet.
8:50: Features a lightning-like key change from D minor to F Major, and it’s one of my favorite moments in the piece.
10:03: Almost a solo piano piece, and it’s used as an encore at piano recitals.
14:13: One of the best known piano pieces ever written. It’s been used in commercials (Maxwell House) and movies (“Somewhere in Time”). This variation takes the function of a slow second movement, and it’s built on Paganini’s theme which is inverted – turned upside down – and transposed from A minor to D-flat Major. Catch those waterfall piano chords that start at 14:59!
19:43: Great Gershwin riff!
21:40: The Dies irae laid out in all its glory as he shows the listener his cleverness. This leads to the sneakiest, quietest ending ever written for a piano concerto. You can’t help but chuckle.

Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 34 (Rachmaninov on piano with Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra via RCA Victor recording, 1934, cleaned up electronically, modern sound quality)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome Troops, Veterans, Families, and Allies!
Music posted for your enjoyment. Thank you for serving our country.

Thanks, unique, for the Troops DJ.

Parents, you are responsible for previewing.

Eddy Arnold ~ Bouquet of Roses

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[Drumbo]

Your Song
~ Elton John ~

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[Fiji Hill]

Walked into 'Bare Arms' the other & saw a case of mosin nagants. First time I've ever held one.

I have a 1937 Mosin Nagant. It kicks like a tomcat, so I had to put on a recoil pad.

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Song Sung Blue
~ Neil Diamond ~

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[lonestar]

I live in a small town and got into some real trouble several years ago when I wrote a letter to the editor about our City Council...

"Every village has its idiot but most don't elect four to the Village Council."

[Drumbo]

This Is My Song
~ Petula Clark ~

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