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Photo by my friend Lucy: - http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucytelford/ Track from this remarkable album: - http://www.amazon.com/Solo-Yo-Yo-Ma/dp/B00000K4II Performed by Yo-Yo Ma - http://www.yo-yoma.com/ Composer - Zoltán Kodály - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zolt%C3%A1n_Kod%C3%A1ly About the piece: - "Kodaly wrote his Sonata for solo cello during World War I, significantly one of the first compositions for solo cello since Bach. Rich with the folk atmosphere for which Kodaly is known, friend and composer Bela Bartok championed the work, stating, 'Here [he] is expressing, with the simplest possible technical means, ideas that are entirely original. It is precisely the complexity of the problem that offered him the opportunity of creating an original and unusual style, with its surprising effects of vocal type; though quite apart from these effects the musical value of the work is brilliantly apparent.' " - from an online source. The work is divided into 3 movements: ... 1) Allegro maestoso ma appassionato 2) Adagio ( begins 8:01 ) 3) Allegro molto vivace ( 18:00 )
R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who were students at the University of Georgia. R.E.M. was noted for Buck's arpeggiated "jangle" guitar playing; Stipe's distinctive vocal style, unique stage presence, and cryptic lyrics; Mills's countermelodic bass lines and backing vocals; and Berry's tight, economical drumming. In the early 1990s, other alternative rock acts suc...
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