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FReeper Canteen - Halloween Music Dedication - 01 Nov 2014
Our Troops Rock!!!
| The Canteen DJ's
Posted on 10/31/2014 5:58:45 PM PDT by AZamericonnie
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Free Republic
KEYWORDS: canteen; military; troops
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To: AZamericonnie; ConorMacNessa; Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; MS.BEHAVIN; left that other site
HALLOWEEN: SPOOKY CLASSICAL MUSIC
SCHUBERT: THE DWARFMatthias von Collin was a contemporary of Wordsworth and Coleridge, and his poem The Dwarf is as fantastic as the Ancient Mariner. Its Stephen King filtered through a morbid German sensibility. Schubert set this little masterpiece about ritual murder to music at age 25.
This video has Japanese subtitles, so Ill supply the English lyrics and commentary.
It begins in A minor with the fate motifs rhythm of Beethovens Fifth Symphony in the left hand.
In the dim light the mountains already fade;
The ship drifts on the seas smooth swell.
With the queen and her dwarf on board.
She gazes up at the high arching vault.
At the blue distance, interwoven with light,
Streaked with the pale Milky Way.
Frannie ratchets up the tension by modulating to C minor. The queen decides that her horoscope says she is to die now, and shes not going to fight the stars.
Stars, never yet have you lied to me,
She cries out, Soon now I shall be no more.
You tell me so; yet in truth I shall die gladly.
The dwarfs verses shift down to B minor and then back to C minor, ending with a triumphal C Major leading to A minor. The Beethoven Fifth motif is openly stated in the left hand.
Then the dwarf comes up to the queen, begins
To tie the cord of red silk about her neck,
And weeps, as if he would soon go blind with grief.
He speaks: You are yourself to blame for this suffering,
Because you have forsaken me for the king;
Now your death alone can revive joy within me.
Though I shall forever hate myself
For having brought you death by this hand,
Yet now you must grow pale for an early grave.
Schubert plays his trump card, a shift from A minor to a sickening A Major, as he peers into the queens deranged mind. Only the great composers can pull this off. Master and servant are reversed. The queen pleads, but yet the major key indicates a masochistic longing for death.
She lays her hand on her heart, so full of youthful life,
And heavy tears flow from her eyes
Which she would raise to heaven in prayer.
At the words, She says, the cord is pulled tight, and the dwarf strangles her. At the end of this verse, the Beethoven fate motif is very obvious.
May you reap no sorrow from my death!
She says then the dwarf kisses her pale cheeks,
Whereupon her senses fade.
It ends in a bleak A minor.
The dwarf looks upon the lady in the grip of death:
He lowers her with his own hands deep into the sea.
His heart burns with such longing for her,
He will never again land on any shore.
This is Waltraud Meier accompanied by Joseph Breinl.
Schubert: Der Zwerg, D. 771
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posted on
10/31/2014 7:05:19 PM PDT
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: 2LT Radix jr; acad1228; AirForceMom; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; armyavonlady; austingirl; ...
~~Tunes For The Troops~~
CCR~Born On The Bayou
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Happy Halloween!
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posted on
10/31/2014 7:05:22 PM PDT
by
MS.BEHAVIN
(Women who behave rarely make history)
To: 2LT Radix jr; acad1228; AirForceMom; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; armyavonlady; austingirl; ...
~~Tunes For The Troops~~
Screamin' Jay Hawkins~I Put A Spell On You
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Happy Halloween!
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posted on
10/31/2014 7:08:54 PM PDT
by
MS.BEHAVIN
(Women who behave rarely make history)
To: MS.BEHAVIN
I’ve been waiting for that one!
84
posted on
10/31/2014 7:09:18 PM PDT
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: 2LT Radix jr; acad1228; AirForceMom; Colonel_Flagg; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; armyavonlady; ...
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Crusaders~Creepin'
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posted on
10/31/2014 7:10:49 PM PDT
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)
To: 2LT Radix jr; acad1228; AirForceMom; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; armyavonlady; austingirl; ...
~~Tunes For The Troops~~
Edgar Winter Group~Frankenstein
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posted on
10/31/2014 7:12:27 PM PDT
by
MS.BEHAVIN
(Women who behave rarely make history)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Hi Kathy,
Had a fun day, went to see the Great Granddaughter, such a cutie, she had a little ghost costume on. Will send pictures later.
HUGS
87
posted on
10/31/2014 7:13:00 PM PDT
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Soaring Feather
("WINTER IS COMING"--from GAME OF THRONES)
To: Publius
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posted on
10/31/2014 7:13:12 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: Publius
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posted on
10/31/2014 7:13:49 PM PDT
by
MS.BEHAVIN
(Women who behave rarely make history)
To: MS.BEHAVIN
There is nothing like it in the repertory.
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posted on
10/31/2014 7:14:23 PM PDT
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Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: AZamericonnie; All
Jack Bruce was born in Glasgow in 1943. His parents travelled extensively in Canada and the USA and young Jack attended 14 different schools. He finished his formal education at Bellahouston Academy and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music, to which he won a scholarship for cello and composition.
He left the academy and Scotland at the age of 16 and eventually found his way to London where he became a member of the influential Alexis Korner's Blues Inc, where Charlie Watts, later to join the Rolling Stones, was the drummer. He then played in a number of bands throughout the early 60s, including John Mayall's Blues Breakers and Manfred Mann before joining Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker in Cream in 1966.
Cream split up in November 1968 at the height of their popularity, having produced 4 million selling albums in two year's time including the world's first Platinum album.
Jack never again reached the commercial heights he did with Cream, but his reputation as one of the best bass guitarists in the business grew throughout the subsequent decades and as we'll see, he played with many of the greatest musicians of our time as well as wrote some of Rock's undeniable classics. Here's Jack with Irishman Gary Moore and former Cream band mate Ginger Baker in 1994.
City Of Gold (Live Youtube video)
~ BBM ~
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10/31/2014 7:14:43 PM PDT
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Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw (Robert A. Heinlein))
To: 2LT Radix jr; acad1228; AirForceMom; Colonel_Flagg; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; armyavonlady; ...
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posted on
10/31/2014 7:15:25 PM PDT
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)
To: AZamericonnie; ConorMacNessa; Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; MS.BEHAVIN; left that other site
HALLOWEEN: SPOOKY CLASSICAL MUSIC
SAINT-SAÊNS: THE MACABRE DANCEThis is one of Camille Saint-Saëns best bon-bons, a Halloween classic. Catch that fugue in the middle and how at 5:10 he plays the two themes on top of each other.
This is Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra of Venezuela.
Saint-Saëns: La danse macabre
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posted on
10/31/2014 7:16:08 PM PDT
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: Publius
Another one of my All-Time Favorites!
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posted on
10/31/2014 7:17:44 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: 2LT Radix jr; acad1228; AirForceMom; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; armyavonlady; austingirl; ...
~~Tunes For The Troops~~
Mike Oldfield~Tubular Bells
Want more information about the artists we play?
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Happy Halloween!
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posted on
10/31/2014 7:18:51 PM PDT
by
MS.BEHAVIN
(Women who behave rarely make history)
To: MS.BEHAVIN
Now, dat one IS scary! LOL!
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posted on
10/31/2014 7:20:07 PM PDT
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)
To: 2LT Radix jr; acad1228; AirForceMom; Colonel_Flagg; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; armyavonlady; ...
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Dave Koz~Under The Spell Of The Moon
If you would like to support the artists you hear in the Canteen,
please go to the top of the thread.
Please ping any DJ to any song requests
made on the thread. Thank you!
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posted on
10/31/2014 7:20:59 PM PDT
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)
To: LUV W
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posted on
10/31/2014 7:22:59 PM PDT
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PROCON
(Ask Yourself This..Are You More Likely to be Infected or Beheaded Today Than You Were 6 Years Ago?)
To: LUV W
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posted on
10/31/2014 7:23:05 PM PDT
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PROCON
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To: LUV W
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10/31/2014 7:23:10 PM PDT
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PROCON
(Ask Yourself This..Are You More Likely to be Infected or Beheaded Today Than You Were 6 Years Ago?)
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