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Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata
Moonlight Sonata is my first step into the world of Classical Music. I remember when I first heard it on the TV on a program about Beethoven, I immediately searched the repeat of that program so that I can record the music. And when I finally purchased the CD, I had listened it through the whole night. It is so soothing, so thought-provoking. Moonlight Sonata, composed by Ludwig van Beethoven, was first published in 1802. It was dedicated to Beethoven’s pupil and passion, 17 years old Countess Giulietta Gucciardi. The Sonata is one of the most popular piano sonatas from Beethoven’s creation. It is one of the most widely known classical music pieces, and has been since it was composed some 200 years ago. Why it is called 'Moonlight' sonata ? Originally the name of it was " The Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor". In 1832, a German poet & critic Ludwig Rellstab named it as moonlight sonata as being inspired on a moon lit night on the banks of the Lucerna Lake. Ludwig...
visits(28) | Mar 20, 08
Sonata
You must have heard a 'sonata' before. What ! You haven't ! Recall again. Haven't you listened to Moonlight Sonata of Beethoven before ? You might have seen The Pianist , then you might have heard it. It is one of the most famous sonata of time. So what is a sonata ? The word sonata is derived from Italian and Latin word ' sonare ' which means 'to sound'. Literally it means a played music piece. The term gained its importance in classical era and towards 19 th century became a major principle of composing large scale works. It was applied to most instrumental genres and regarded as one of the fundamental methods of organizing, interpreting and analyzing concert music. Now, Sonata is a piece of music which is composed using a single instrument or solo instrument like a keyboard or violin. In classical era, it undergoes a change of being applied to many different kinds of small instrumental work either a solo instrument, or a solo instrument with piano. Though the sound of sonatas...
visits(34) | Mar 19, 08
Let's Get Started: Classical Music
By classical music , I am referring to the famous western classicals -classical music of European countries, often called western classical. European classical music differs from any other non-European countries for its use of 'musical notation'. Musical notation is system which represents aurally perceived music through the use of written symbols. European composers use this system to instruct the performer the pitch, speed, meter, rhythm and exact execution of of a piece of music. Classical music has its roots from early 9Th century however the term 'classical music' is used to refer to the golden age of Bach to Beethoven. Now what is classical music ? We generally have given the name 'classic' to anything that is old. We also terms 'Old is Gold'. Classical music has no specific definition. Vaguely, it can be described any music 'that lasts for a long time'. Classical music can be further observed by comparing to 'Popular music'- music of present, music of our time like rock,...
visits(9) | Mar 19, 08
First Post
When I was younger, I was always searching for good music. In those days, there was no internet, no internet radio, FM etc. The only scope was music channels like MTV or Channel [V]. But as usually, their program schedule consisted 12hours of ad. out of 24hours. Out of those 12hours, 8 hours were devoted to remixes and 4 hours to desi gaane(song). There was very little scope for listening to my type of music. F...i...n...a...l...l...y when the use of internet became cheaper, my leisure hours were and are spent listening to my favorite music pieces.Aaah. God bless internet. I not only archived great musics, but also learned a lot about them. I searched, researched, and understood music theoretically like what is a jazz, what is called classical , what is a ballad, what is a nocturne etc. These understanding helped me to enjoy music even more. I am writing this blog to let you know what is called music, truly Great Music. I know, it depends entirely on individual taste and...
visits(8) | Mar 19, 08
About 'Undertow'
I had seen a movie called UNDERTOW . To me it is one of the finest movies. It is an attempt to write a review.. Movies can be seen from two angles, one- for entertainment and the other, for enlightment.Those who seeks entertainment, please don't watch this movie. With minimal characters, not-well constructed plot, very slow moving screenplay,tensed music will leave you in disapointment because you might have expected much more for the ending. The ending is not clear and doubtful. We see chris was drowened to death, but in the next scene was lying on bed with his grandparents who "stopped showing after his mom's death". And what happened to Deel, was he dead ? as we see the knife was in his chest when he comes out from the river but still alive. Like these many will find this movie, in simple words, very very boring and will think westage of time like my father who thinks "this is not a sophisticated movie at all" And for those, who seeks from movie not just...
kudos(2) | visits(17) | Jun 06, 07
Shelter
S HELTER I started my journey. I had to travel afar. It was a fine morning, the sun was shining upon my head. So I began to move. But after sometime, twenty minutes of walking, the sky seemed to change its colour. It was getting black and stormy. The sun was covered up by the dark clouds. And after a moment, heavy rain poured down on my head. So I looked for a shelter and found a number of houses on the road, might be waiting for me to give me shelter, to protect me from the rain. First I saw a small house. Though small in height, it had a beautiful room being decorated very artistically. I went near the house and tried to lurk into the house. And I found the door was closed. It was already being possessed by someone. Without knocking, I came back to the road to resume my journey, even through the rain. After some moment, I found another beautiful and attractive house. It was situated at a distance from other houses. It seemed to me, as if it was calling my name. I went...