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In my project of listening to all 22 LPs in the Funk & Wagnalls’ Family Library of Great Music, I’ve gotten to #11, which is Felix Mendelssohn. The first side is his Symphony No. 4 in A major (The Italian), and listening to it has been great.
The first movement is used in the movie Breaking Away, which is sort of funny because one of the main characters of the movie spends the majority of it pretending that he’s Italian.
The third movement is on a CD of some other Mendelssohn pieces that I bought at Target for $2 something like ten years ago. That - along with a similar CD of Schubert pieces - was pretty much my first experience of classical music.
So it’s really weird to learn only now that those two movements are from the same symphony.
Hymnal Habitation #26
“Hark, the Voice of Jesus Crying” LSB 826
I just did one of these yester-day, but I have four songs I’d like to record back-to-back in the next two weeks, so I wanted to get this done early.
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Hymnal Habitation is a project whereby I familarise myself with musical notation by recording hymns. Hymns because 1) I’m familiar with the melodies and 2) I have a hymnal, which contains the music.
Hymnal Habitation #25
“Fight the Good Fight” LSB 664
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Hymnal Habitation is a project whereby I familarise myself with musical notation by recording hymns. Hymns because 1) I’m familiar with the melodies and 2) I have a hymnal, which contains the music.
With this, I’ve peaked as far as keyboard instruments go.
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I wrote a blog post comparing Emerson, Lake, and Palmer’s Karn Evil 9 impressions with the Beatles’ circus efforts - “Magical Mystery Tour” and “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!”
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I finally finished the organ parts for this… only three months after I started.
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Hymnal Habitation #24
“With the Lord Begin Your Task” LSB 869
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Hymnal Habitation is a project whereby I familarise myself with musical notation by recording hymns. Hymns because 1) I’m familiar with the melodies and 2) I have a hymnal, which contains the music.
An-other Listening Project
After my grandpa died a few years ago, I got a considerable portion of his record collection, including Funk & Wagnalls’ 22-LP set called the Family Library of Great Music. It’s music from classical composers.
My last day of school was yester-day, which leaves 22 free days of May left, so I’m listening to one LP a day (along with my other listening projects).
I’m in the midst of finals week, so music things have been going slowly. Things should pick up soon though.
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