The Face of Love (based on Le tendre et dangereux visage de l'amour by Jacques Prevert)

Poem by SN Solomons
based on Prévert's poem:
"Le tendre et dangereux visage de l'amour"
Music composed and performed by D W Solomons (alto and classical guitar)

Score available from
http://www.archive.org/details/TheFaceOfLove-AfterLeTendreEtDangereuxImageDeL...

This is my first "scrolling music video" - the scrolling is fairly close to the performance but, being a live performance, there may be a little "lag" from time to time. Fear not! All the notes are visible on screen as they are performed...

Technical notes:
Classical guitarists will note that I have notated the fret numbers for natural harmonics with Roman numerals and those for artificial harmonics with Roman numerals in brackets.
The XIX natural harmonics are, of course, also available on the instrument at VII, I just happen to prefer playing at XIX using the index (touch) and annular (pluck) of the right hand, to give more liberty of movement to the left hand.

Disclaimer
I am well aware that there are other songs called "The face of love" (eg those by Eddie Vedder and by Sanctus Real) - but this song is also original and has no connection whatsoever with those songs, whatever their merits....

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[dwsolo]

Thanks to all - and treblechoir99 thanks also for the surrealist neologism métaphotore - I think I'll use that for my next piece :-)

[dwsolo]

Merci Claude :-)

[bersa888]

This is real music for my heart and true feelings to my ears.

[treblechoir99]

Votre voix mon cher David rend bien la couleur des mots et des sons. Vous lui donnez ce côté justement intime et surréaliste. Thank you for this moment unique., very appreciat.

[treblechoir99]

Mais David vous parlez ou comprenez le français? Je vais dans ce cas tenter de m'exprimer dans la langue de Molière. Prévert un de mes poètes favoris. Sa poésie est faite de jeux de mots, de jeux de sons, apport avec le surréalisme, friand de métaphotores. Il a été scénariste au cinéma comme pour le film Les enfants du paradis de Marcel Carné. Il disait de la musique de Carl Orff que c'est 'Un hymne à la beauté, à l'amour et une revendication au bonheur.

[MrMmauldin]

Very effective, David. I especially liked the "lydian" lift on "heart."

[apollonmusagete]

Soulful and deeply touching. What a fine talent!

[mradaChris]

Wonderful  and the scroll effect was very cool!

chris

[6K6R]

Bravo David 5*****