Dedication
Thou art my soul, thou art my heart;
Thou both my joy, and sadness art
Thou art my world, where I am mover,
my heav'n art thou wherein I hover thou art my grave,
wherein I cast forever all my sorrow past!
Thou art my rest my peace protecting
thou art from heav'n my life directing.
Make me by worth, thy love to own!
Thy glance to me myself hath shown!
Thou'rt ever round me hov'ring by,
My guardian sprite, my better
Thou art my soul thou art my heart;
thou both my joy and sadness art;
thou art my world, where I am mover,
my heav'n art thou wherein I hover
my guardian sprite, my better I!
Thou both my joy, and sadness art
Thou art my world, where I am mover,
my heav'n art thou wherein I hover thou art my grave,
wherein I cast forever all my sorrow past!
Thou art my rest my peace protecting
thou art from heav'n my life directing.
Make me by worth, thy love to own!
Thy glance to me myself hath shown!
Thou'rt ever round me hov'ring by,
My guardian sprite, my better
Thou art my soul thou art my heart;
thou both my joy and sadness art;
thou art my world, where I am mover,
my heav'n art thou wherein I hover
my guardian sprite, my better I!
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"Dedication" was composed by Robert Schumann for his wife Clara and then transcribed by Franz List. What is usually played by performers these days is Liszt's transcriptions. I've never seen the movie "Song of Love" before, but I hope to find it soon. For now, I'll settle with YouTube. Good Lord, thank you for YouTube.
I'm looking for the Chopin film my instructor let me see on laser disc when I was a teenager. I realized how much of a nationalistic genius Chopin was (Polonaises & Revolutionary Etudes for Poland) and how neurotic/emotionally complicated he probably was. If it weren't for his benefactress (I forgot her name), his genius wouldn't be known. I remember a scene where Chopin & Liszt played in 3 (or was it 4) pianos. I'm just not sure if it was based on actual events.
I tried playing Scherzo in Bbm and I couldn't play all of it. I forgot how to play the last part so I took my piece and saw that my Chopin book was yellow & brown and the last page had a dog ear-shaped torn section. I can't say I'm sentimental, but I'm dependent on the specific piece that I read. Sure, I can probably find one online but it wouldn't be the same as the actual piece I first studied. It wouldn't be the same.
Plus, to add to that sad discovery, I can't find a video of my debut recital. I just turned 18 years old and my mother had just passed away that same year, 2 months before my 18th birthday. So my father thought that I should have a solo recital after Christmas and make it a fund-raising event for our local parish. A somewhat known designer was a parishioner and donated my recital gown, which I've kept until today. It's a long, corseted, lavender strapless gown. On hindsight, I don't think I can pull off my hour-long repertoire. That was the last time I ever played without sight-reading. I don't know why. I do remember not liking the whole solo recital thing, I think I was overwhelmed with sadness the entire time. I was kind of singing about it with my hands. Rehearsals & the actual event was a blur. I just wanted to obey my father (because he really meant well) but the truth was that I was dealing with a lot that year; my mother's death plus school (where that specific semester ruined my chances of getting Latin honors) plus church choir plus college chorale.
I'm glad that piano is in my life. I'm glad classical music understands & consoles me.
I'm looking for the Chopin film my instructor let me see on laser disc when I was a teenager. I realized how much of a nationalistic genius Chopin was (Polonaises & Revolutionary Etudes for Poland) and how neurotic/emotionally complicated he probably was. If it weren't for his benefactress (I forgot her name), his genius wouldn't be known. I remember a scene where Chopin & Liszt played in 3 (or was it 4) pianos. I'm just not sure if it was based on actual events.
I tried playing Scherzo in Bbm and I couldn't play all of it. I forgot how to play the last part so I took my piece and saw that my Chopin book was yellow & brown and the last page had a dog ear-shaped torn section. I can't say I'm sentimental, but I'm dependent on the specific piece that I read. Sure, I can probably find one online but it wouldn't be the same as the actual piece I first studied. It wouldn't be the same.
Plus, to add to that sad discovery, I can't find a video of my debut recital. I just turned 18 years old and my mother had just passed away that same year, 2 months before my 18th birthday. So my father thought that I should have a solo recital after Christmas and make it a fund-raising event for our local parish. A somewhat known designer was a parishioner and donated my recital gown, which I've kept until today. It's a long, corseted, lavender strapless gown. On hindsight, I don't think I can pull off my hour-long repertoire. That was the last time I ever played without sight-reading. I don't know why. I do remember not liking the whole solo recital thing, I think I was overwhelmed with sadness the entire time. I was kind of singing about it with my hands. Rehearsals & the actual event was a blur. I just wanted to obey my father (because he really meant well) but the truth was that I was dealing with a lot that year; my mother's death plus school (where that specific semester ruined my chances of getting Latin honors) plus church choir plus college chorale.
I'm glad that piano is in my life. I'm glad classical music understands & consoles me.
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