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To: The Mayor

We had the 23rd Psalm read to us every school day when I was in elementary school, so I know it by heart to this day. The most beautiful thing ever written.


13 posted on 05/13/2017 5:24:53 PM PDT by firebrand
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To: firebrand
Schubert: Psalm 23, D. 706

In German, which is why it never caught on in the English speaking world. He uses the piano to imitate the sound of a harp, and the women are intended to be angels. It's in A-flat, but he turns to a clouded C-flat (7 flats!) for the Valley of the Shadow of Death at 1:45. The coda, beginning at 4:01, just takes your breath away.

17 posted on 05/13/2017 5:33:08 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius available at Amazon.)
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