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As The Webmaster reminded us yesterday, it is now officially Christmas Music (and other Winter Holidays’ music) season. Thus, it is now reasonable to remind you of the existence of “Corde Natus Ex Parentis”, or “Of The Father’s Love Begotten”
Enjoy your Saturday.
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So, as you know, yesterday was Thanksgiving. That makes today “Black Friday.” More importantly, though, it’s now ok (from my and others’ perspective) to start playing Christmas music in America. I know that those outside the US get to start early since they don’t have the same late-November holiday. But here, it’s more appropriate to wait until after Thanksgiving before putting up Christmas decorations, or singing (or playing) Christmas music.
A lot of stores ignore this, but oh well.
Anyway. So, that means that now that Thanksgiving is over, it’s fine to play Christmas music! So, I’m reminding everyone that this epic piece of epicness exists.
Enjoy!
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A friend of Total Fluff sent a rather interesting YouTube video. It involves Kazoos and videogame music.
I am feeling a touch conflicted about this. On the one hand, it is kazoo and videogame music. On the other hand, it is really well done musically. I do not know how to combine these facts to minimize cognitive dissonance.
Regardless, I hope you enjoy.
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To finish off the seasonal music week-long series, I am sharing yet another favorite instrumental piece: “Sorcerer’s Apprentice.” (For some reason, it is not letting me embed it in the post.)
This one is not inherently seasonal, but it does have a darker feel to it. I hope you enjoy, and have a lovely Saturday.
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To further continue the “seasonal music” series, I am actually going to direct you to a previous post by The Webmaster. At one point, the Webmaster wrote about a creepy Russian lullaby. The song itself involves someone in the child’s house looking for those who do not sleep.
I understand that this is probably not a seasonal one for Russia, but it is certainly seasonally appropriate for the United States. The Russian language itself, if you do not know it, also inherently sounds sinister.
Enjoy.
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Today’s seasonal music (again, continuing with the series) is another with lyrics. It is a rendition of “Come Little Children”. The original was from a movie I have not yet seen, called Hocus Pocus.
This particular song is chillingly haunting. It includes ethereal vocalizations and plucked strings, for a downright sinister sound.
I rather enjoy this one, and hope you do, too.
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In the further continuation of my seasonally appropriate music series, I am sharing a song sung by a phenomenal barbershop quartet.
As I am sure you could tell from the words “Barbershop Quartet”, this is a different style from the previous three. In fact, there are no non-vocal instruments in this rendition of “Grim Grinning Ghosts”, sung by the Dapper Dans in Disneyland.
They are impressive musicians (even if the editors did decide to distract by including sound effects.) I especially appreciate their bass.
Enjoy. And happy Wednesday.
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I am continuing the series on seasonally appropriate music with “In the Hall of the Mountain King”, by Grieg.
This one is slightly different from the others. It does not start with the same type of dissonant strings, or even too fast of a pace. Instead, it is sinister for its low, single-plucked strings, and the deliberate pace it sets at the beginning.
This one is a classic for the season, and I hope you enjoy.
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Continuing from yesterday’s post, I have another “Seasonally Appropriate” music suggestion: Danse Macabre by Saint-Sans.
It also has a dissonant, quick strings opening that sets a sinister and spooky tone.
It would also be a terrifying tempo to actually dance to.
It eve starts off with the “Tolling of bells” at the beginning, heard on stringed instrument.
It is a lovely piece for the season, and I hope you enjoy.
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As you are probably aware, Halloween is coming in just over a week.
In honor of that, I am going to share some of my favorite seasonally appropriate music.
The first is “Night on a Bald Mountain” by Mussorgsky.
There are several reasons this is a great piece for the season.
First, it is naturally sinister. The combination of fast-paced strings, quick tempo, dissonance, and deep brass lead to a delightfully sinister tone.
Second, as another interesting fact, this piece was not performed until after the attributed composer’s death.
Also, according to Wikipedia, the version we are familiar with is actually a variation of an arrangement of the original.
I hope you enjoy.