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On my bed night after night I sought him<\/em> In searching the annals of YouTube this morning for live performances of one of my favorite modern (maybe postmodern? I don’t know anything about classical music) classical pieces, Penderecki’s “Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima”(1960), naturally this meant coming across more Hiroshima victim Powerpoint slideshows than I ever hoped to see in my life. Smartly, I started one, realized what it was, & just as quickly hit the Back button. Dangerous waters, my friends, dangerous dangerous waters.<\/p>\n However, there is a point here. Maybe not a point so much as a YouTube video (besides, what better way is there to avoid making a point than to just “Anarchize” a Tube video? [I would argue that “Anarchize” is the appropriate verb to use when utilizing that funny little Anarchy feature]), but still you understand what I mean. Penderecki is Polish, & was 26\/27 years old when he wrote this piece, written for 52 stringed instruments (which I’m pretty sure must all be destroyed by the time the piece is over. Or at least so out of tune that they might as well be thrown out anyway) & apparently has been used in Children of Men<\/em>, which I haven’t seen (Yet.).<\/p>\n & what better way is there to characterize an utterly dissonant, loud, claustrophobic piece of calculated mayhem than with everyone’s favorite colorful lovable Care Bears!<\/p>\n On my bed night after night I sought him Whom my soul loves; I sought him but did not find him In searching the annals of YouTube this morning for live performances of one of my favorite modern (maybe postmodern? … Continue reading
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