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mark12_30 · 01-25-2004, 09:06 PM

I think the reason Ode to Joy/ Ninth reminds me so much of the Ainulindale is that it's so thunderously powerful and at the same time so harmonious. It's not muddy (like Brahms), it's good "clean" classical (I like my triads, thank you) and yet it's not (watch this) homophony (wow, I used it); there's a bit of counterpoint-ish stuff going on. So it's woven music, still, but harmonically clean and *so* thunderous. Musical power at its best.

I love Tchaikowsky; it's full of elvish dances, and some hobbit-dances too (especially Sleeping Beauty) and his Waltz of the Snowflakes could have been sung by elves; but none of his stuff ever struck me as Ainulindale-ish...

Do you know "The Cygnets" from Swan Lake? Sometimes elves dance that, sometimes dwarves. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

01-25-2004, 09:06 PM	#55
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	I think the reason Ode to Joy/ Ninth reminds me so much of the Ainulindale is that it's so thunderously powerful and at the same time so harmonious. It's not muddy (like Brahms), it's good "clean" classical (I like my triads, thank you) and yet it's not (watch this) homophony (wow, I used it); there's a bit of counterpoint-ish stuff going on. So it's woven music, still, but harmonically clean and so thunderous. Musical power at its best. I love Tchaikowsky; it's full of elvish dances, and some hobbit-dances too (especially Sleeping Beauty) and his Waltz of the Snowflakes could have been sung by elves; but none of his stuff ever struck me as Ainulindale-ish... Do you know "The Cygnets" from Swan Lake? Sometimes elves dance that, sometimes dwarves. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.