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Category Archives: Melodies Linger On
VALLEY OF FIRE
East of Las Vegas. West of Lake Mead. North of the Hoover Dam. A Day in Valley of Fire State Park. We start our tour of the Valley of Fire in and amongst the Beehives, wonderfully fabulous … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged ABBA, Beehives, Big Horn Sheep, chuckwalla, erosion, Fire Canyon, Geography, Kisses of Fire, lizard, Mouse's Tank, Nevada, petrified log, petroglyphs, photography, Red Rock, Star Trek:TNG, State Park, Valley of Fire, White Domes
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Oh How I Love Our Japanese Red Maple In The Sunshine
Includes the “Red” music quiz All answers, as ever here at Notes from a Composer, are tucked inside the tags below. Red Music Query #1: We all remember Prince’s “Purple Rain”. Which pop/rock legend sings “Red … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On
Tagged Andra Day, Blondie, Contact in Red Square, Emeric Pressburger, Fellowship of the Ring, Hans Christian Anderson, Hobbits, If You Don't Know Me By Now, Japanese maple, John Corigliano, Kate Bush, leaves, Michael Powell, nature, Peter Gabriel, photography, RED, Red Flag, Red Rain, Simply Red, The Lord of the Rings, The Red Shoes, The Red Violin
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TIGER LILIES MUSIC QUIZ
Lily Song Query 1: Who is the classic Hollywood star here singing about Lily Marlene? (As ever with these quizzes, the answers can be found tucked in the tags below) Tiger Song Query 1: Name the boxing movie that … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On
Tagged Alexandre Desplat, Ang Lee, Carnival, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Deathly Hallows Part 2, Eye of the Tiger, flowers, Harry Potter, Kate Bush, Life of Pi, Lily, Lily Allen, Lily James, Lily Marlene, Mamma Mia - Here We Go Again", Marlene Dietrich, Mychael Danna, Nathalie Merchant, photography, Rocky 3, Tan Dun, The Red Shoes, tiger, tiger lily
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WE WILL SURVIVE – again and again
A Pride Month Special Look at “I Will Survive” and Some of its Many Covers with particular ruminations on what we will survive, or not The Original – Gloria Gaynor If one were to choose one song … Continue reading
Posted in LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News
Tagged Andrews Sisters, Anthem, Aretha Franklin, Bishop Torbin, Blu Holliday, cake, climate change, Destiny's Child, Diana Ross, disco, diva, Funky Nashville, Gay Rights, Gladys Knight, Gloria Gaynor, Guys and Balls, I Will Survive, I'm a Survivor, J2, LGBTQ, Madonna, Männer Wie Wir, Postmodern Jukebox, Pride, Puppini Sisters, Remix, Sara Niemitz, Scott Bradlee, Shirley Bassey, Trump, Vogue
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3rd Grade Choir Presents Love & Life with the Beatles
A fainting spell nearly derailed the whole concert. But it was still a rousing success. When I plan choir concerts for elementary student performers, I hope to choose songs that will appeal to the age group but also … Continue reading
Posted in Live! On Stage, Melodies Linger On, The Teaching Artist
Tagged 3rd grade, A Day in the Life, All You Need Is Love, Blackbird, choir, concert, Elementary School, fainting, Hey Jude, Michelle, Obladi Oblada, She Loves You, Sie Liebt Dich, The Beatles, Tribeca, Within You Without You, World Trade Center, Yellow Submarine
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OOO! LOOK AT THE LIGHT!
Pics with a Touch of Light plus a complimentary light-hearted music quiz Light Music Query #1: Which musical features this dance into the light? (as ever, the answers are tucked into the tabs below) Above, my gym’s basement … Continue reading
SENSUAL RODIN
We start with a famous thought. We end with a famous kiss. Rodin’s Thinker greats you in the courtyard of the Rodin House in Paris. And so he will be the introduction to this post of some of Rodin’s … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged classical music, Impromptu, Kiss, Paris, Pavane, photography, Ravel, Rodin, Schubert, sensual, sensual classics, sensuality, statues, Thinker
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Sensual Statues of the Musée D’Orsay
Tensions of the world making you anxious? Here is much soothing, sculptural sensuality but also some less comforting, chiseled objectification Continuing my fascination with sensual statuary in Paris, the greatest concentration of such aesthetically, artistically, and, let’s admit it, amorously … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Brahms, Chopin, classics, Degas, female, male, marble, Musee D'Orsay, museum, nature, Nocturne, objectification, Paris, Sappho, Science, sensual, statue, Symphony #3
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What Makes Us ANXIOUS – What Gives Us HOPE
I want to have a happier marriage Love wins My Trump voting relatives I am tougher than dirt Currently at the Rubin Museum in New York City, there is an exhibit curated by the public’s hopes and fears. One … Continue reading
Posted in Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News
Tagged Amazon, anxiety, Black Lives Matter, blue wave, death, deportation, election, fear, God, Hope, Kavanaugh, Love, museum, music, negativity, New York City, peace, Robert Mueller, Rubin, Science, Shout, Tears for Fears, The Song of Job 9:11, Time, Trump
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Sensual Statues in the Streets of Paris
Nude statues are all over Paris. I don’t know if statistically there are more nude statues there than in other European cultural capitals, or if the nude statues of Paris are particularly more sensual than elsewhere, or if it is … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged angel, Arts and Metiers, Bacchus, bastille, Beethoven, church, classical music, Fountain of Medici, jardin, Like a Prayer, Louvre, Luxembourg, Madonna, nudes, Opera, Paris, pieta, Romance, sculpture, Seine, sensual, sensual classics, Tuileries
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AH, PARIS!
The EIFFEL TOWER, as seen from many different Paris neighborhoods, constitutes the official kick off to a whole lot of Paris infused blog posts (even if it is actually the third of such blog posts – I’ll just call those first … Continue reading
HAPPY SONGS FOR DARK TIMES #2: Miss Marple, Tatu, and the Chipper Harpsichord
Theme from Miss Marple – Ron Goodwin and his Orchestra A while back I promised there would be a series of Happy Tunes for Dark Times to highlight what I consider sure fire musical mood boosters. What with ever escalation Twitter … Continue reading
