ModeMixture

Corey. 20. Bassoon.

"Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter."
— Friedrich Nietzsche

"And all the changes
keep on changing
and the good old days
they say they're gone.
Only wise men
and some new born fools
say they know what's going on.
But I sometimes think the difference is
just in how I think and see
and the only changes going on
are just going on in me"
- Harry Chapin

"Joy is not in things; it is in us"
— Richard Wagner

"There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy."
— Friedrich Nietzsche

Ask me anything

February282012

cartoonpolitics:

” I doubt there’s ever been a true thing said on Fox. Maybe the weather report, maybe not.” ~ Fran Lebowitz.

(via somewherewithaskyline)

February272012

How I see classical music sometimes.

France: [Finishes an elegant piece]
Germany: [Polite applause] Oh well /done/, France! Definitely in the tradition of Beethoven! Yes indeed, very much in His footsteps.
France: I should think so! After all, you may all /make/ composers, but it is to France that they come to gestate!
Italy: Pish posh. Italy is still the center of civilization. I challenge you to find a truly great composer who has not studied under an Italian master.
England: ...You know, Frederick Delius is credited as an English composer. Yup. He was /born/ here. His skin sucked the genius right out of our soil.
Norway: You know, Delius spent some time here in Norway. Maybe that's-
Germany: Why all his music sounds like the gentle glimmer of snow that clings to edges of a brook in spring? Please. Your music has no /pain/!
Norway: ...We're okay with that.
France: Psh, pain! You want pain! Come to France!
Italy: Oh yes, do go to France. Their music is so profound that it shall forever be remembered as cartoon backdrops, and the sort of operas that establishments put on during slow seasons to fill up the gallery.
France: We have /Debussy/!
Norway: Ooo, Debussy! We love Debussy!
Germany: Pah! Need I say more?
England: Poland, I'm amazed you're not joining this pissing contest.
Poland: [Looks up from newspaper] Hm? Oh. We've got Chopin. Whatever. Carry on with your little squabble.
Germany: This reminds me- I met this fabulous fella named Russia. I invited him to join our little tea party. Russia!
Russia: [Pokes head around doorframe] ...
Germany: Do come sit with us!
France: Oh my, yes, please do. Don't be intimidated.
Italy: Perhaps you can learn a thing or two from us.
Poland: Wow, seriously, you invited Russia? Thanks. Thanks a lot. [Storms out]
France: ...[Whispers to England] What's his problem?
England: Awkward ex. Also, don't lean so close to me.
Germany: Russia, we were just discussing how /pain/ adds a certain non-replicable profundity to music. What do you think?
Russia: ...[Pulls out violin]
France: Oh my, a performance! Splendid! I warn you, good fella, you can hardly follow my act, but we'll give you some pointers. [Has a sit]
RUSSIA: [ASSAULT OF PEERLESS MUSICAL GENIUS AND ANGST] [I SHALL SWALLOW YOUR SOUL WITH DARKNESS] [EVEN MY WALTZES SHALL MAKE YOU WEEP] [THE UNIVERSE IS COLD, EMPTY, AND EXISTENTIAL] [DIE, EMOTIONS, DIE!]
France: [Eyes bleed]
Germany: [Dead on the floor]
England: ... [Tea slowly spills in lap]
Italy: [Crawling toward exit, fingernails scraping at the floor]
Norway: ... [Hides behind Sweden]
Sweden: Sorry- What are we talking about?
-
(If I wasn't so lazy, I would draw all this.)
Poland also had Szymanowski! Smugness EARNED.

February262012

thelichqueen:

edman:

jtotheizzoe:

The Science of Why Adele’s ‘Someone Like You’ Makes Everyone Cry

Tension, resolution, and the ever important “buildy-ness” (which is a term I invented but is accurate), these are the characteristics behind the most extreme emotional reactions to songs:

Twenty years ago, the British psychologist John Sloboda conducted a simple experiment. He asked music lovers to identify passages of songs that reliably set off a physical reaction, such as tears or goose bumps. Participants identified 20 tear-triggering passages, and when Dr. Sloboda analyzed their properties, a trend emerged: 18 contained a musical device called an “appoggiatura.”

An appoggiatura is a type of ornamental note that clashes with the melody just enough to create a dissonant sound. “This generates tension in the listener,” said Martin Guhn, a psychologist at the University of British Columbia who co-wrote a 2007 study on the subject. “When the notes return to the anticipated melody, the tension resolves, and it feels good.”

Chills often descend on listeners at these moments of resolution. When several appoggiaturas occur next to each other in a melody, it generates a cycle of tension and release. This provokes an even stronger reaction, and that is when the tears start to flow.

There’s just about the most detailed scientific analysis of a Grammy-winning song ever at the link.

(via WSJ.com)

See, now I just want to write a song consisting of nothing but these and use it for evil.

Someone Like You actually kind of makes me want to stab myself in the face. It’s the only song on the album I just cannot stand to listen to any more. Is that a common reaction when Slytherins cross with appoggiatura use?

February92012

fyeahmusicmajorostrich:

[Picture: Background: six-piece pie style, alternating white, tan, and black. Foreground, in middle: grimacing ostrich head. Top text: “A Cappella piece in D major” Bottom text: “Last Chord: Dflat Major”]

February82012

fyeahmusicmajorostrich:

[Picture: Background: six-piece pie style, alternating white, tan, and black. Foreground, in middle: grimacing ostrich head. Top text: “Make the perfect reed?” Bottom text: “Sudden change in weather.”]

February72012

pianoacrossamerica:

I am Music…

(Source: pianoacrossnyc, via musicalmelody)

February62012

nickyplaysflute:

All.the.time.

(via musicalmelody)

February52012

fyeahmusicmajorostrich:

[Picture: Background: six-piece pie style, alternating white, tan, and black. Foreground, in middle: grimacing ostrich head. Top text: “Punk rock show” Bottom text: “I-IV-V”]

February42012

leadingtone:

1892

1PM

operarox:

Mozart always was a fan of bathroom humor.

(Source: righteousdew, via musicalmelody)

December292011

archivalia:

Furtmeyr-Missale

Merry Christmas!

Archivalia Advent Calendar, window #24

List of all Archivalia Advent Calendar entries (which are in German):

(1) Dilibri, Stadtbibliothek Mainz
http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/55768711/

(2) Illuminierte Urkunden, Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart
http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/55768740/

(3) Islamische Handschriften, Universität Melbourne
http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/55768740/

(4) Schreibkalender, Stadtarchiv Altenburg
http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/55771098/

(5) National Archives (US) auf Flickr Commons
http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/55771555/

(6) Dekanatsbücher der Theologischen Fakultät Ingolstadt, Universitätsarchiv München
http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/55772702/

(7) Gallica, Französische Nationalbibliothek
http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/55773409/

(8) Handschriften der Badischen Landesbibliothek - Der Unheilsspiegel
http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/55775123/

(9) Universitätsbibliothek Giessen
http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/55775387/

(10) AdAccess, Duke University
http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/55775432/

(11) Milmann Parry Collection, Harvard
http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/55776824/

(12) Hölderlin-Sammlung, Württembergische Landesbibliothek
http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/55778460/

(13) Kochbuchportal, Universitätsbibliothek Graz
http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/55778684/

(14) Universitätsbibliothek”Mykhailo Maksymovych” der Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University (KNTSU) in Kiew
http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/55779436/

(15) Monasterium.net - Ein übersehenes Rennewart-Fragment
http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/59204071/

(16) Digitale Bibliothek Slowenien
http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/59204883/

(17) Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen - Neues zu Jakob Frischlin
http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/59205918/

(18) Stadtbibliothek Antwerpen - Die Handschrift des Herolds Heinrich von Heessel in Antwerpen
http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/59206605/

(19) Digitales Historisches Archiv Köln
http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/59207211/

(20) Bibliothèque Municipale Reims
http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/59207928/

(21) “Biblioteca Jose Maria Lafragua” der Autonomen Universität von Puebla in Mexiko
http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/59208512/

(22) Rosenwald-Collection der Library of Congress
http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/59209900/

(23) Handschriften der Oberösterreichischen Landesbibliothek Linz - Schrieb Gertrud von Büren im westpfälzischen Kloster Fischbach?
http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/59210885/

(via dabeat11)

December282011

leadingtone:

Bartók - Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major,
Sz. 119
I. Allegretto
Andras Schiff, piano
Hallé Orch.
Mark Elder, cond.
Royal Albert Hall, July 2011

December272011

wewalktheplank:

<3

(Source: revivemankindfromhell, via wewalktheplank-deactivated20120)

December262011

(Source: fuckyeahbandbuffalo)

December252011

goldsoundz:

Stephen Fry talking about the Tristan chord from Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde.

(Source: dichterliebe, via no-tritones-for-you)

← Older entries Page 1 of 50