Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the Strange Findings category.
The Curse of Pachelbel’s Canon
Filed in Composition, History, Humor, Strange Findings on December 16, 2006 at 5:46 pmEver wonder how far the influence of Classical music - of music that is over 300 years old, no less! - has seeped into our modern popular music? In this hilarious video, comedian/musician Rob Paravonian rants about the inescapable impact of Johann Pachelbel’s infamous Canon in D on the music of such artists as Vitamin [...]
Funny Video!
Filed in Composition, Humor, Strange Findings on October 17, 2006 at 12:01 amThis “Family Guy” clip is hilarious! Ah, the good old days of the Maxell cassette… and Wagner!
Enjoy!
'A Sort of Cat-Music'
Filed in Composition, History, Humor, Performance, Reviews, Strange Findings on October 8, 2006 at 1:08 amI just cracked up when I read these newspaper reviews of Schoenberg’s works between 1913 and 1914 (as quoted in “Early Music Defended against its Devotees: A Theory of Historical Performance in the Twentieth Century” found on pages 297-322 of the Summer 1983 issue of the Musical Quarterly, article by Laurence Dreyfus):
Warning: some very [...]
Most Expensive Musical Instrument - Updated!
Filed in History, Strange Findings, Violin on May 13, 2006 at 10:37 pmDue to the immense popularity of the Most Expensive Muscial Instrument - where I have posted the largest sum of money for a violin sold at auction as $2,032,000 for the “Lady Tennant” Stradivarius - I now bring you an update discovered while reading through Toby Faber’s book, Stradivari’s Genius: Five Violins, One Cello, and [...]
Very Cool Concert Opportunity…
Filed in Performance, Strange Findings, Student Reminders, Violin on May 7, 2006 at 5:35 pm….And, boy, do I wish I could go!
On May 8th, at 7:30 pm, the Idyllwild Arts Orchestra will be performing at the Colburn School’s Zipper Concert Hall in Los Angeles. The program will feature three world premiers, including: No-Ja-Li “The Palace of Silence” reconstructed from Claude Debussy’s original score through the efforts of musicologist Robert [...]
