What is the name of the music played in this Memorial chamber? Who is the composer? There was a TV documentary on this several years ago, but I don't know by whom. The music is supposed to be very haunting and sad, but I would like to know about it anyway.
>From: "Warner Vogt Jr." >What is the name of the music played in this Memorial chamber? Who is the >composer? There was a TV documentary on this several years ago, but I >don't know by whom. The music is supposed to be very haunting and sad, but >I would like to know about it anyway.
It's a choral arrangement of Robert Schumann's TRAUMEREI from the piano cycle KINDERSZENEN. Funny that almost seven years after the demise of those hateful Soviet Hitler-beaters someone still pays attention to these things. No doubt, in due time some sensitive German millioner or a wealthy American art collector will buy the mammoth.
>>What is the name of the music played in this Memorial chamber? Who is the >>composer? There was a TV documentary on this several years ago, but I >>don't know by whom. The music is supposed to be very haunting and sad, but >>I would like to know about it anyway.
>It's a choral arrangement of Robert Schumann's TRAUMEREI from the piano cycle >KINDERSZENEN. Funny that almost seven years after the demise of those hateful >Soviet Hitler-beaters someone still pays attention to these things. No doubt, >in due time some sensitive German millioner or a wealthy American art collector >will buy the mammoth.
The music that is played at Mamayev Kurgan is Shuman's "Traumerie" (Dreams). It is often noted that the people of Volgograd/Stalingrad must not hold too much of a grudge against Germany since they chose one of the great German composers to play at this memorial to the WWII battle.
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In article <01bdcf31$990aa240$66d67cce@wcv>, "Warner Vogt Jr." <wv...@eatel.net> wrote:
> What is the name of the music played in this Memorial chamber? Who is the > composer? There was a TV documentary on this several years ago, but I > don't know by whom. The music is supposed to be very haunting and sad, but > I would like to know about it anyway.
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