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Johan or Jean Sibelius is one of the greatest classical music composers of 19th and 20th Centuries.
"Valse Triste" is part of the music w...
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Johan or Jean Sibelius is one of the greatest classical music composers of 19th and 20th Centuries.
"Valse Triste" is part of the music which the composer wrote for a drama called "Kuolema" or "Death" in 1904. The music is thus explained:
"It is night. The son, who has been watching beside of his sick mother, has fallen asleep from sheer weariness. Gradually a ruddy light is diffused through the room: there is a sound of distant music: the glow and the music steal nearer until the strains of a valse melody float distantly to our ears. The sleeping mother awakens, rises from her bed and, in her long white garment, which takes the semblance of a ball dress, begins to move silently and slowly to and fro. She waves her hands and beckons in time to the music, as though she were summoning a crowd of invisible guests. And now they appear, these strange visionary couples, turning and gliding to an unearthly valse rhythm. The dying woman mingles with the dancers; she strives to make them look into her eyes, but the shadowy guests one and all avoid her glance. Then she seems to sink exhausted on her bed and the music breaks off. Presently she gathers all her strength and invokes the dance once more, with more energetic gestures than before. Back come the shadowy dancers, gyrating in a wild, mad rhythm. The weird gaiety reaches a climax; there is a knock at the door, which flies wide open; the mother utters a despairing cry; the spectral guests vanish; the music dies away. Death stands on the threshold."
PS: The 'moving' pics are taken in Buenos Aires, from the aparment where I'm living in Congreso's zone.
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Johan o Jean Sibelius es uno de los más grandes compositores de música clásica de los siglos 19 y 20. "Valse triste" es parte de la música que el compositor escribió en 1904 para un drama llamado "Kuolema" o "La Muerte". Así explica la música:
"Es de noche. El hijo, que ha estado al lado de la cama de su madre enferma, se ha dormido de puro cansancio. Progresivamente una rojiza luz se esparce por la habitación: comienza una música distante: el brillo y la música entran furtivamente, cada vez más cerca hasta que la melodía de un vals flota distante en nuestros oídos. La madre despierta, se levanta de su cama y en su largo vestido blanco, parecido a un vestido de baile de salón, empieza a moverse silenciosa y lentamente de un lado a otro. Ella ondea sus manos y hace señas al compás de la música, como si estuviera convocando a una multitud de invitados invisibles. Ahora aparecen estas ilusorias parejas extrañas, girando y deslizándose al ritmo de un vals no terrenal. La agonizante mujer se confunde con los bailarines; ella se esfuerza para que miren a sus ojos, pero los huéspedes sombríos, de a uno y todos, evitan su mirada. A continuación, parece hundirse exhausta en su cama y se detiene la música. En este momento ella reúne todas sus fuerzas y convoca a la danza una vez más con gestos más enérgicos que antes. Atrás vienen los bailarines sombríos, girando con ritmo salvaje, alocado. La rara alegría alcanza un clímax; un golpe en la puerta que se expande de par en par por todo el lugar; la madre pronuncia un grito desesperado; los invitados espectrales desaparecen; la música se desvanece. La Muerte está parada en el umbral."
PD: Las imágenes 'en movimiento' son de Buenos Aires desde el apartamento donde vivo en la zona del Congreso.
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My phone rang, and to my surprise, my cat started a meowing frenzy with the ringtone. I love Toby with all my heart, so please do not think I purp...
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My phone rang, and to my surprise, my cat started a meowing frenzy with the ringtone. I love Toby with all my heart, so please do not think I purposely played this ringtone with the intention of "tormenting" him. I know Toby, and this reaction is not of him being tormented (this is actually him in his lovable state). I just recorded what he did, because this cute reaction really surprised me.
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