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Skriven 2016-06-21 00:16:54 av Allen Prunty (1:2320/100)
Kommentar till en text av Lee Lofaso
Ärende: RE: Elitist Snobs
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On Jun 21, 2016 05:05am, Lee Lofaso wrote to Allen Prunty:
LL> The composition you learned was an adaptation of Liszt's
LL> original work. Otherwise, it would not have been possible
LL> for you to learn it, much less play it.
It's not so much Lizst's composition it uses a technique called the Thalberg
technique that is VERY hard to master. Gershwin, Chopin and Lizts'
compositions all are heavily arranged to the Thalberg technique.
Another one that's an amazing piece to play that uses the Talberg technique is
Earl Wild's arangement of Gershwin's "Embracable You."
LL> I am not questioning your talent to play piano, or any other
LL> musical instrument, including voice. All music is an interpretation.
LL> What you play is an interpretation of somebody else's composition,
LL> as your own expression.
It's all somebody elses composition... I'm not one who could ever compose
music. But we are open to interpretation. I also play the organ, and I've
been told that the way I play (or once was able to play) Debussy's"Engulfed
Cathedral" on an organ was one of the most chilling interpretations of it.
Even though the arrangement I played was written for piano it takes on new life
on the organ.
Music (like your FidoNet pitbull story) can tell a story in it's own life. You
may have truth about Liszt being a "freak" as I am told Un Sospiro is actually
meant to be a musical interpretation of sex... complete with an orgasmic
release in the performance. (Listen to it.) My teacher said there are two ways
to play it, you can play it with mechanical perfection or feel the moment and
movements of the lovers... which is how I interpret it.
Another way of interpreting is the tone and brightness of the piano. In my day
I was blessed to have an Ensoniq ESQ-1... and upgraded to a Roland Jupiter 7
(which I still have packed up) I'm told the Jupiter 7 is worth a pretty penny
as many artists want them for their vintage 90's sound. Picking the sampled
voice of different piano's is also a means of interpretation.
AP>> And my personal favorite George Gershwin's An American in Paris. Not a
AP>> difficult piece at all but damn it was fun to play.
LL> Porgy & Bess was his finest. Summertime was so expressive, as
LL> well as his other works. People think of Rhapsody in Blue as a
LL> solo piece, but it was really for two pianists as a duet. So
LL> much more can be said about not just George, but also Ira.
Rhapsody in Blue is familiar to most because of American Airlines, it always
pissed me off that everyone would immediately call it the "American Airlines"
theme when I played it so I rarely played it. I love Porgy & Bess too... I did
summertime with Lena horne... she was no Ella... that's all I will say, but she
was amazing nonetheless.
Nothing sounds better than Ella's Version of it... I wish I lived in those
times.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XivELBdxVRM
But this version is done as it was origionally written, as an opera. Has a
whole different tone... and tells a whole different story, it's almost
mournful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7-Qa92Rzbk
LL> Sometimes people like to tell a sob story. Whether true or not.
LL> This is Fidonet. A place where storytellers abound. Or used to,
LL> back in the day.
Not a sob story... cold hard fact, have the scars on my hands to prove it.
I've regained a lot of use of my left hand... I am blessed, but I often wonder
what would have happened. I can remember sitting down to audition on the
steinway piano at Juliard... It was the only time I ever touched something so
grand... and never will I ever experience that again. I sat before five people
who stared at me with stone faces... only after I had played my audition
recital did they soften and began to speak. I've stared down some intimidating
things before in my life, but NOTHING like that.
AP>> I was never able to harden my heart to the point where I saw bad things.
AP>> Most EMT's use a sick sense of humor to shake off the bad stuff they
AP>> see... I couldn't do it.
I could never be a soldier either. I do agree with service though and I did
serve my community in a different way for 16 years.
LL> We have a mercenary army. Accountable to no one. You want an end
LL> to war? Not gonna happen as long as we keep and maintain a mercenary
LL> army. The only way to put an end to war is to have mandatory service
More truth to this than anyone would ever admit. We are protecting Saudia
Arabia right now... their military does not defend them we do... we protect a
lot of nations... and need to worry about our own.
LL> When mommy and daddy know their sons and daughters must serve,
LL> they will hold the politicians responsible and accountable for their
LL> children's welfare. That's what happens when you have real skin in
LL> the game.
Sheeple Lee... Mommy and Daddy are sheeple... the follow the herd and question
nothing. That's why I don't work for the City Government anymore. The more I
progressed in promotion the more truth I learned. Lee, the truth is UGLY...
that's all I will say.
LL> Why are most fat people fat? Because they put more into their pie
LL> hole than the energy they expend getting rid of it. This type of
LL> behavior catches up with most, but not all, of them later, as can
LL> be expected. It is only the rare exception who can eat and eat and
LL> get away with it. Kind of like chain smokers. Keep smoking like
LL> a dragon and see how long it takes for you to croak. A handful
LL> will keep on puffing and puffing until they hit the century mark.
LL> And then light up a cigar and wish everybody else a happy birthday.
I had this conversation with a good friend of mine today who is Morbidly obese.
I personally chose to lose weight. After the head injury set in all the meds
they give me to keep me from having seizures (depakote) are notorious for
making you gain weight. Also the deep depression that set in afterwards made
me seek comfort in eating. Nothing else seemed to matter but my next meal, it
was all I had going for me. I can't watch TV much anymore because it makes me
sick due to all the motion.
Some do not realize that I rarely look at the computer monitor. Right now I'm
dictating this in by Apple's text-2-speech technology. The Mac also reads your
e-mails back to me. You adapt.
I've had a long standing hip injury that needs repaired the doctor told me he
could not do surgery until I lost 50 pounds. I've lost the weight now I'm just
waiting to schedule the surgery.
In fact since October of last year I've lost a total of 109 pounds. I am
unable to do any strenuous exercise because of the hip or I would be in much
better shape. Health is a choice... my friend blames everything on Irish
genes, fibromyalgia, that diets she's been on before have borked her
metabolism... blah blah blah, yet it's not rocket science. Reduce your
calories and move more you will lose weight. Even if moving is doing a little
extra housework... you will lose weight. Instead of a cheeseburger eat a nice
grilled chicken wrap full of veggies. There are alternatives... there are many
ways to choose better. Like Oprah says "when you know better you do better."
But sadly many know better... but don't do better. Makes me sad to see someone
morbidly extremely obese and they use those riding shopping carts. I know that
there are true and real hidden disabilities, but some people use them who would
benefit from a walk through the grocery store.
AP>> I've also been blessed with meeting a lot of the greats. We have a
AP>> charity called the "Crusade for Children" that cares for kids with
AP>> major
AP>> illnesses (back in my day it was the "Crusade for Cripple Children" but
AP>> Cripple isn't PC anymore.
LL> Gotta be politically correct these days. Or else.
Tell me about it... and people get butthurt over the least little thing. I am
far from a republican, but I have friends who are hard left democrats and if I
mention anything about Hillary (I know government email servers and the laws
regarding them) and her e-mail server they turn absolutely nasty. For the camp
that preaches "tolerance and acceptance" they sure are intolerant of anyone's
"doctrine" that's not of their own.
LL> Celebrities are sometimes accessible, even at places where one would
LL> not expect.
Especially around the first Saturday in May in Louisville.
LL> You can always pick up a harp.
Only when I die and am floating on a cloud and have nothing better to do.
Allen
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... Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
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