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Who is the Elise that Beethoven composed about?
What is the history about the famous piano piece "Für Elise". Do we know who this lady that Beethoven immortalized was? Did he have a big, fat old crush on this lady? Was it a case of unrequited love? It very much sounds like she has a boyfriend if…
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Is there a recording of Beethoven's 9th - 4th Movment w/ no chorus
Title fairly well summarizes the question - I really enjoy Beethoven's 9th, esp. the 4th movement, and would really like to hear the orchestration without the chorus. I've tried some amount of Google-fu but have been unsuccessful in identifying if…
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Country song, c.1999 - "Love is ___"
I heared this song in 1999 in Saudi Arabia. It was performed by a man. Aired on 91.4 FM local Dhahran Station (Aramco Radio).
It could be a country song, but I could be wrong.
The part of lyrics I remember is something like:
"Love is _____ , Love…
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Differences between Syd Barrett and David Gilmour
Syd Barrett was a founder member of Pink Floyd and was replaced, in 1968, by David Gilmour.
They both were guitarists, singers and songwriters for the band but they might have different writing and playing skills and it has probably influenced the…
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Genre of music used in old Amiga demo videos
Many years ago I found some Amiga music in demos.
Interference demo
You can start at 0.35.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWYRIV8YVdk
Turrican 2 - Desert rocks
It kind of also have that sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn-UqDfedZA
What I am…
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Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick with black band logo instead of a red one
I was just listening to Jehtro Tull's Thick as a Brick on Spotify and I noticed that the album cover had a red square in the upper red corner in which you can see the band name. See the image for a more visual approach to what I mean:
Now I'm quite…
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What is on the Thelonious Monk "Straight, No Chaser" album cover art?
I'm listening to Thelonious Monk's 1967 Straight, No Chaser album. The cover art is very interesting:
It features a horizontal profile of Monk (complete with signature goatee) and a graph paper background. Other than those two elements, I have no…
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Wavy Gravy Record Labels
Who owned the record label "Wavy Gravy", what records did it put out, how long did it run for, and do the artists still receive royalties? Any info is appreciated!
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What are the first lines of Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer"?
For the Peter Gabriel song "Sledgehammer", all the lyrics sites list the first two lines of the song as being:
you could have a steam train
if you'd just lay down your tracks
But every time I hear the song, it's evident that he sings something…
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What is the name of the musical instrument being played on the video? and we hear usually in churches?
In the first minute of the video
what is the name of this musical instrument that we hear usually in churches?
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"Alan Smithee" equivalent for musicians
Film directors use the pseudonym Alan Smithee with projects they don't want to be associated with and recognized.
Is there an equivalent pseudonym for professional musicians who don't want to publicly appear on projects they consider too bad for…
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The usage of the word "groove"
The first meaning is the narrow track where the stylus runs on records.
We often use the word groove to qualify the rythm, when it sounds right and feels good on jazz, funk, reggae music etc. Is it known when it starts to spread as the second…
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Is there a term for Gojira's style?
In case you don't know Gojira, here's their latest album.
I think their style is really close (if it's not totally it) to melodic death metal, just like Amon Amarth or Dark Tranquility style's is but, at the same time, I see some similarities with…
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Was "Rice Rice Baby" a Weird Al Yankovic song?
I remember hearing the parody song "Rice Rice Baby" on the radio in the early 1990s, back when Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby" was getting a lot of airplay. I always wondered who did that song.
Doing a Google search, most web sites attribute the song…
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What does "classical" mean? Is Dvořák classical?
Would Antonín Dvořák be considered a 'classical composer', specifically thinking about the very American "New World Symphony".
I have never studied music, so not sure of the different categories. E.g.: 'classical', 'romantic'.
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