Posted by Dean on July 30, 2003 at 22:22:45:
In Reply to: music for the soul posted by Tim on July 30, 2003 at 15:37:42:
Good question. Our present feelings are triggered by imprinted past feelings associated with the music. I could go on for hours, but here are the first pieces to come to my mind. Dean
„h "Closer Walk with Thee" by various Preservation Hall Jazz Bands
„h Various vocals and bagpipe solos of "Amazing Grace"
„h "Freight Train" performed by Elizabeth Cotton; http://www.malaspina.com/site/person_364.asp
„h Borodin's "Polovtzian Dances"
„h Ravel's "Bolero"
„h Mahler's Titan "Symphony #1 in D"
„h Max Bruch's "First Violin Concerto"
„h E.E. Begley's "National Emblem March"
„h "Greensleeves"
„h Bob Wills' "Faded Love" and "Maiden's Prayer"
„h "Sing Sing Sing (With a Swing)" Jan. 16, 1938, Carnegie Hall performance of Benny Goodman, Harry James, Count Basie, Gene Krupa, Lionel Hampton; especially Jess Stacy's elegantly understated piano solo; http://www.artistdirect.com/music/artist/bio/0,,496494,00.html?artist=Jess+Stacy
„h ˇ§Maja de Carnivalˇ¨
„h ˇ§Black Magic Womanˇ¨ Carlos Santana