Music Free-for-all

[northland10]

Emma Lou Diemer passed away on Sunday at the age of 96.

I am searching for organ music to use on Sunday, or maybe soon after as her stuff can be a bit complicated. She did a fair amount of organ music and some church choir music (which my group has done before).

Three Madrigals (O Mistress mine; Take, oh, take those lips away; Sigh no more ladies; by William Shakespeare) composed by Emma Lou Diemer b. 1927 (yes, she is still around at young age of 96).

This is a common high school/college choir piece.

[John Thomas8]

[John Thomas8]

[Shizzle Popped]

[Rolodex]

Fell into a rabbit hole of Moog history and ended up here. I almost posted in the sacred music section because this is pretty holy. Keith Emerson understands Copland so thoroughly. And it's freaking freezing. All back when a synth was as much electronics as music.

[northland10]

I have always enjoyed the ELP Fanfare. Wonderful improv parts.

It can also be done with a pipe organ instead of the Moog (the ELP version, though there is an organ version for Copeland's original).


And in case we forgot about the original. When I was in school, I liked it when the director programmed it. It was one of the few times the first violins were to experience that lovely word, Tacet (i.e. you do not play anything in this).

[northland10]

Copeland was so wonderful in making his music sound uniquely American by the use of American folk songs in his work.

Here is Copeland conducting music from his Hoedown from Rodeo. Sit down and listen, and have some beef. It's what's for dinner.

[Shizzle Popped]

[Rolodex]

I have always enjoyed the ELP Fanfare. Wonderful improv parts.

It can also be done with a pipe organ instead of the Moog (the ELP version, though there is an organ version for Copeland's original).


And in case we forgot about the original. When I was in school, I liked it when the director programmed it. It was one of the few times the first violins were to experience that lovely word, Tacet (i.e. you do not play anything in this).

I mean you can never go wrong with Copland! But for sheer organ awesomeness, you can't miss Saint Saens Symphony 3 for organ.

[Suranis]

A real song from 1942.

[RTH10260]

The Twenites and Thirties had their very own kind of black humour

[RTH10260]

[RTH10260]

[Foggy]

OK, that's mesmerizing. Whoa.

[northland10]

Those theater organs and their players are an impressive lot.

In Arizona, there is a pizza place with a theater organs (complete with the console rising out of the floor, IIRC). Every time a parishioner or somebody I know ends up there, I hear about it when they get back.

Back in the 80s, there was a similar place outside of Grand Rapids, Michigan (the Roaring 20s).

[qbawl]

Yes, I remember one at a huge pizza joint just North of Cincinnati back in the late '70s early '80s.

[RTH10260]

[keith]

This could have gone into a movie thread, but it might get more eyeballs here.

Movie running time is 209 minutes, plus interval plus ads.

Don't panic this is only the trailer.

[Tiredretiredlawyer]

Love! Love! Love!

[keith]

Love! Love! Love!

Ditto

[John Thomas8]

The Twenites and Thirties had their very own kind of black humour

This channel has some from the early to mid-1900s:

[bill_g]

New music - hit me

[bill_g]

Mother, mother, I'm hungery, I'm dirty ... EVERYTHINGS FINE!

[Tiredretiredlawyer]

[northland10]

The genius of Bach. He would also do ones where the second player was not only playing backward but upside down, and he could make it sound great.

I guess he spent all that extra time composing to avoid having to be home around a large amount children.