Between Aaron Copeland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man” and the patriotism inherent in Chopin’s Etudes and Mazurkas, one is struck with the ultimate sadness of his gigs (etudes and yet our own small hands rippling thru those piano keys, one can’t help but capture the fervor these artists capture and recapitulate from “here to eternity”.
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The pop culture is so overwhelming at times with their owntentative sound and fury….the insignificant trivia….
“Strings, piano, clarinet”…..by the aforementioned Aaron Copeland, a Boys High graduate, the “Common Man”resonates..orchestration three years later by Benny Goodman.
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The lingering sadness in Chopin’s mazurkas (dances) compelled the Polish patriot of his “fortissimo”, his twelve fingers in patriotic delirium, elicited at UCLAs Jan Popper’s Opera Workshop and at noon recitals across the quad in Royce Hal’s recitals.
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Who was to know that Chopin into those mazurkas: A minor and major keys was a triumphant testament to his patriotic fervor.
Could Ferde’ Grope (Santa Monica resident) capture that spirited soul in those 12 fingers crashing the keyboard, his feet on the petals, the composer into his ‘Grand Canyon Suite’…Arizona’s painted desert, petrified forest...
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Our musical landscape brings to mind, the “History repeats itself” down thru the ages, since the Holy Grail.
President Woodrow Wilson never able to get his World War One adage “the War to end all wars” off the Holy Grail’s track.
Man’s inhumanity to man.’
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Here the 5nations in their historic nuclear chess playing… meeting of the minds with Iran, may repeats President Wilson’s WW1 epiphany.
‘THE WAR TO END ALL WARS.’
The threats remain in our solar system into millions of miles of travel, the landing on Mars and the discovery of Pluto….can the these quality human being discovers in their meeting of the minds, perpetuate mankind’s eternal quest? And deter….
‘History repeats Itself’.
July 16, 2015 The City that never sleeps.
