your-obt-servt In reply to Godmusic [2012-03-08 06:01:45 +0000 UTC]

This piece is actually quite old, but it is dear to me.
I have bits and pieces of the story, but am yet to seriously write it down.
One of the things on my ever growing "to do" list...

Thanks for your comment!

your obt'
me

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your-obt-servt In reply to IsBreaLiomCaife [2009-02-12 06:32:43 +0000 UTC]

Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen is one of my favorite violin pieces, with its smoldering longing and wanderlust.
I've always wanted to learn how to play the violin, but never had an opportunity to.
Do you still play it?

Thank you for your comment!

your obt'
me

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IsBreaLiomCaife In reply to your-obt-servt [2009-02-12 18:40:10 +0000 UTC]

Yes, I do still play. I'll probably put up some photos on my stock account of me with my instrument at some point. I may also photograph some of my sheet music as textures some day. Once I got past basic exercises, I went on first to classical music, then to gypsy music. Now I play a lot of Irish fiddle music, but I'm slowly going back to the gypsy tunes.

I'm not sure if you've heard any of the following, but they're my favorite gypsy tunes, and I thought you might like them as well since you like Zigeunerweisen:

Monti's Csardas
Der Sohn Der Haide (Hungarian)
Dark Eyes (Очи Черные, Russian)
Two Guitars (Russian)
Romaninan Train Song
Bessarbian Girl
Brahms Hungarian Dances (any of them)
Hungarian Rhapsody

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your-obt-servt In reply to IsBreaLiomCaife [2009-02-22 02:58:43 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the list!
I'll have to check them out.
I love the grace and the poise of the violin, both in the music and in the player.
There's something very human about it, I find.
Maybe that's why it's often referred to as "music closest to a human voice"...

Thanks again.

your obt'
me

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IsBreaLiomCaife In reply to your-obt-servt [2009-02-22 06:56:39 +0000 UTC]

That is correct. The viola is said to be closer, by some because most men don't have nearly as high a voice as a violin. I think it would be fun to do a duet like a conversation between a violin as a woman and a viola as a man, but that's just me at 2 AM.

You weren't the phantom under my violin teacher's studio, were you? (sorry...I'm a Phantom of the Opera fan as well, the play and book, not the movie, and I can't resist the little jokes.)

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your-obt-servt In reply to ReNhoSoft [2007-09-20 06:59:20 +0000 UTC]

Well, he is holding a noose.

But jokes aside, what could it be? Hmm.
After working on it for a while, it becomes harder to tell sometimes.

Maybe it'll come to me if I leave it for a while.

Thanks for the comment.

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ReNhoSoft In reply to your-obt-servt [2007-09-20 22:59:16 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome!
and nevermind what I said, it looks great as it is

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