Musical Instruments
~~seadancer~~
... But now, ... now I love the deep sound of the cello. Somehow it
sounds most like life --sad and sweet and lost. Lonely. I always think
that if the heart could sing, it would sound like a cello."
-p. 83, _The Space Between Us_ by Thrity Umrigar (2005)
"So this is how the heart breaks, Bhima thought. This is how cold, how
delicate, how exquisite it feels, like the high-pitched violin on the
classical music records that Serabai played."
-p. 41, _The Space Between Us_ by Thrity Umrigar (2005)
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/218357.The_Space_Between_Us_A_Novel
---Sea
SteveMR200
<hgshfc$fnq$1...@news.albasani.net>:
>"I love the deep sound of the cello. Somehow it sounds most like
>life--sad and sweet and lost. Lonely. I always think that if the
>heart could sing, it would sound like a cello."
>-p. 83, _The Space Between Us_ by Thrity Umrigar (2005)
>
>---Sea
When you play from your heart, all of a sudden
there's no gravity. You don't feel the weight of
the world, of bills, of anything. That's why people
love it. Your so-called insurmountable problems
disappear and instead of problems you get
possibilities.
--Carlos Santana (1947- )
(In Raymond Obstfeld's _Jabberrock_ [1997],
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps")
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Steve
Melodie !
> "So this is how the heart breaks, Bhima thought. This is how cold, how
> delicate, how exquisite it feels, like the high-pitched violin on the
> classical music records that Serabai played."
> -p. 41, _The Space Between Us_ by Thrity Umrigar (2005)
-Your violin concerto will require a soloist with six fingers.
-Very well, I can wait.
~ communication between Jascha Heifetz 1901-1987 and composer Arnold
Schoenberg 1874�1951
The liner notes tell us that Heifetz found this impossible to play.
"Schoenberg need not have been surprised; Heifetz dwelt in a kingdom of
traditional violin technique, while Schoenberg was pioneering in new
compositional styles."
Oh, please: There wasn't a thing on earth Heifetz couldn't play �
"traditional technique" my eye. My suspicion is that he didn't like the
concerto very much, or in any case didn't care to play it � and for that
reason said it was impossible.
~ Jay Nordlinger, 'A Talented Pair in Hahn & Kennedy', The Sun, NY( May
29, 2008) -review for Hilary Hahn CD in which she plays the concerto
with 5 fingers.
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//Melodie !
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SteveMR200
<hgshfc$fnq$1...@news.albasani.net>:
>"So this is how the heart breaks, Bhima thought. This is how cold, how
>delicate, how exquisite it feels, like the high-pitched violin on the
>classical music records that Serabai played."
>-p. 41, _The Space Between Us_ by Thrity Umrigar (2005)
>
>---Sea
Peter Parker: (Tobey Maguire)
Mr. Jameson, please--isn't there any of these
shots you can use? I really need the money.
J. Jonah Jameson: (J.K. Simmons)
Awww. Miss Brant?
Miss Brant: (Elizabeth Banks)
Yeah?
J. Jonah Jameson:
Get me a violin.
--Dialogue between from the film _Spider-Man 2_ [2004];
screenplay by Alvin Sargent
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Steve
~~seadancer~~
> Peter Parker: (Tobey Maguire)
> Mr. Jameson, please--isn't there any of these
> shots you can use? I really need the money.
>
> J. Jonah Jameson: (J.K. Simmons)
> Awww. Miss Brant?
>
> Miss Brant: (Elizabeth Banks)
> Yeah?
>
> J. Jonah Jameson:
> Get me a violin.
> --Dialogue between from the film _Spider-Man 2_ [2004];
> screenplay by Alvin Sargent
I once saw a NYer cartoon showing a man behind the counter of a
"Complaint Department". He was holding a violin.
Ah, here it is! ====>
http://www.cartoonbank.com/2004/Complaints/invt/127491
---Sea
ObQ: "I personally believe we developed language because of our deep
inner need to complain." -Jane Wagner
SteveMR200
<hh0j7g$rco$1...@news.albasani.net>:
>"I personally believe we developed language because
>of our deep inner need to complain." -Jane Wagner
>---Sea
In Philippians 2:14-15 NAS Paul tells us as Christians:
"Do all things without grumbling or
disputing; that you may prove yourselves
to be blameless and innocent, children of
God above reproach in the midst of a
crooked and perverse generation, among
whom you appear as lights in the world."
Often we wonder how to shine as a light in the
world. Here is one way that is very clear. We are
in the midst of a world that complains all the time.
The world seems sadly to complain about any
situation. If it has been a fine week we often hear
the complaint that it is bound to rain because the
weekend is coming!
People complain about the buses always being late,
about the way the office is run, about the school,
about the management, about the men. We constantly
hear this dull, grating noise of complaint and
ingratitude.
The church shines as a light in the world, not only
by proclaiming Jesus in the streets but also by
doing all things without grumbling and complaining.
--Terry Virgo (1940- )
_Men Of Destiny_ [1987], "A Successful Man"
--
Steve