The music of life
Jude once blogged about having a soundtrack to your life. Well, I'm sitting doing a lab report with the deadline approaching and the Dies Irae from Verdi's Requiem is pounding out. It seems quite appropriate!
(Perhaps you have to listen to it to understand.)
(Perhaps you have to listen to it to understand.)
posted by Michael at 7:50 pm
2 Comments:
Maybe that's my problem! It's mostly Shostakovich and Mahler at the moment. Interesting, the autobiographical role of music. Brucker got me through my A-levels and Beethoven my GCSEs.
It's easier when there are no words. Especially when the words are:
The Day of Wrath,
That Day will Burn... etc.
Not what you want to hear with a deadline approaching!
I got it in in time though.
Shosta and Mahler are perfectly respectable composers to respect to, and yes, I too associate revision periods with the composers enjoyed at the time; it's hard for me to listen to the Fauré piano quintets without bringing back memories of Derivatives Maths. Perhaps the Dies Irae also strikes a chord because old Rachmaninov uses it so much?
Chris
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