Rzewski's 'People United Will Never Be Defeated' Part 7 Cadenza - Final Theme Audio + Sheet Music
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@thaiguy20fromla It's somewhat hard to put into words what I want to say, so I'll just agree with what you say :-)
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This can't be an improvisation. Hamelin must have written this and memorised it! OR DID HE???? XO
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The theme is incredibly powerful, and it gains even more of a hold after all the variations and dissections of it. There's something transcendental about listening to this now, after all 40-50 minutes or so of the variations.
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has he memorized the whole thing to record it??? =O
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4:48 - is that music or what?!
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I've only listened to it a few times, and I quickly find myself annoyed at the constant "style switches". It has some awesome moments and probably has reasoning behind most of its "craziness", but I guess it's one of those examples of post-modernism that's more "clever" and "exciting" than actually good music. But whatever, I'm just some hack.
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4:57 death metal :D
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The cadenza is a potpourri of musical eras. I like it. Thanks for posting by the way.
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@MrSumperium Good point, I suppose I should've said "well thought out". Though as much as I hope he had no idea what he was going to play beforehand, I doubt this is the case: he certainly had a large thought process going into this beforehand, much like his Cadenza of Hungarian Rhapsody n°2, which I thought was improvised until I found sheet music for it.
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@atee12321 Well written? Isn't this an improvisation?
Bach did Goldberg variations
Beethoven did Diabelli variations
Rzewski did El Pueblo Unido Jamás Será Vencido
jpablomagana 1 year ago 24
@1980NewWave You can always write your own! Rzewski wrote the variations that compelled him.
KeithWhalen11 1 year ago 8