Posts Tagged ‘1800s’
Camille Saint-Saëns – "Bacchanale" from "Samson et Dalila" (1877)
2011/06/24
Once upon a time I played the cello in an orchestra, and we played this. It was great fun.
Léon Boëllmann – "Suite Gothique – Toccata" (1895)
2010/10/30
A little Gothic organ on the eve of All Hallow's Eve seems appropriate.
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The MP3 may be purchased here… Léon Boëllmann - Suite Gothique
John Philip Sousa – "Stars and Stripes Forever" (1897)
2010/07/04
I'm feeling a little patriotic this year, so here is a song to celebrate the 4th of July, "Independence Day", the birthday of the United States of America, and the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. One of the best lines from the document, a foundational belief of my own morality…
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
It makes me proud (and keeps me from defecting to Canada… though I do love Canada). Ha ha, I kid… the USA is home and always will be.
And it makes me proud that we do not always take ourselves seriously. We have freedoms that allow for videos like the following to be made, and no one went to jail for it (as far as I know). I present The Muppets' rendition of Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever":
The chickens really add something, don't you think?
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The MP3 may be purchased here… John Philip Sousa - Stars and Stripes Forever
