When You Really Love a Certain Piece of Music...
By Maggiepie
@Maggiepie (7816)
United States
November 16, 2009 11:32am CST
[b]...how it makes you feel?
While Mybotting this morning, I was just listening to my favorite music on the computer, & just now, there was a piece on which, to me, is just heart-breakingly lovely & ethereal. It's Henryk Gorecki's "Lento E Largo," from his 3rd symphony. I was so distracted by its beauty, I had to stop typing; I just could not concentrate on anything but the music. I actually felt my heart beating deeply, then a warmth spread through my chest, & tears of joy welled up. My breath caught, & I couldn't stop sighing at its profound & soaring beauty.
If music ever affects you this deeply (or even more-so), can you describe it? I'm a writer, but describing music such as this (& by "this," I don't limit it to classical; I simply mean stunning, whatever genre) is the hardest task in the world, to me!
Can you describe your feelings? What musical style & particular works evoke your deepest feelings? What, if anything, do you do with those feelings?
Maggiepie
"WHERE'S THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE?"[/b]
3 responses
@Maggiepie (7816)
• United States
17 Nov 09
[b]Well, you know I do as well, but can you describe how it makes you feel? If you'd like me to play it for you tomorrow, just say so, & you can examine your feelings while you listen. We could compare, then. 
BTW, do you recall that some local access channel used to have on a nightly program of classical music videos? I think you may remember the incredibly beautiful abstract computer animation they used to illustrate that piece, yes?
Maggiepie
"WHERE'S THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE?"[/b]
BTW, do you recall that some local access channel used to have on a nightly program of classical music videos? I think you may remember the incredibly beautiful abstract computer animation they used to illustrate that piece, yes?
Maggiepie
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@caraleiann (16)
• United States
17 Nov 09
How does music make me feel? Sometimes, especially when I am at church, we will sing a song that just makes me cry. I guess it is because I just “feel” the song. It will resonate within me and remind me of how great God’s love is for me. I can feel both worthy and worthless at the same time. The beauty of the music and the message can be overpowering. Other times, certain artist’s music can touch my heart in a way that just stops me in my tracks. Listening to their voices just makes me melt. I think I am not just touched by their talent, but also by their life’s story. For example, Keith Whitley had an amazing voice, but his life was cut so tragically short. When I listen to his music, I appreciate his voice, but am also reminded how soon it can all be taken away. My sons are musicians and play southern metal and rock. When I listen to their music, I am awestruck by their ability. I feel a sense of pride that I helped to create these talented musicians. I listen to a lot of different genres of music, and I always try to listen to the lyrics. Lyrics, and the meaning of the message, really affect me deeply. Even with some of the hard core stuff, if you listen to the lyrics you can hear (and feel) the pain or the joy that the artist is singing about. I can apply that to myself and remember a time when I felt the same way, be it feeling so much in love with someone that it hurt or so alone and desperate for understanding.
@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
16 Nov 09
Certain arias sung by my favorite tenors Pavarotti, Domingo and now Bocelli, stop me in my tracks and I just let the music sink into my soul. I have been that way since I was child and my great grandfather used to play records of Enrico Caruso on a wind up gramophone and he was very careful to put a new needle(?) in before every record. OMG that was more than 60 years ago! Although I was madly in love with Elvis in my teens my love for classical music has never left me. It can made me sad or happy...lyrics do not matter just the music reaches deep into my soul.
I was take to my first opera when I was about 10 years old and it was Madame Butterfly. To my embarrassment I cried during the performance and when asked why I was crying I said I did not know but I felt the pain in the music. I guess that was right answer because my aunt who took me to see and hear my first opera performance for many years after always made sure she took me to each live performance of various operas.
Wow I have just taken a major trip back down memory lane!
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@Maggiepie (7816)
• United States
16 Nov 09
[b]Yes, I have my own memory lane, & it has a great sound track!
Beverly Sills, Kiri Tekanawe (sp?) & Wagner, Gorecki & Prokofiev are among my favorite artists in classical. But I also love much rock & new age, & "world" music, such as Naxi music (from China).
My love of music is also life-long, & maybe genetic. My maternal grandfather had a guitar, as well as a banjo (which had a head covered with a fox's hide he'd hunted), & he used to write music as well as play it. Also, my mom sang in church, as well as my aunts, & I!
Your use of the word "soul" resonates with my own view of great music. If it doesn't touch my soul, I don't like it, let alone love it. And speaking of love, do you find the feeling you experience with great music similar to that of being in love with a person? I never thought about it before, but I was just struck by the resemblance in my own life's experiences with loving someone deeply. Whenever I think of that person, that same sense of awe & warmth come to me.
Ah, yes..."Madama Butterfly." Only someone with a stone for a heart wouldn't cry at that opera, if not for the sadness of the story, then its tender melodies! It was my first real boyfriend who really introduced me to opera, & taught me how to enjoy it beyond the feelings, & when I saw MB, I cried, too! Gary, normally a sturdy sort, also wiped his eye once or twice, too...
You were so blessed to have an aunt such as yours!
Maggiepie
"WHERE'S THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE?"[/b]
Beverly Sills, Kiri Tekanawe (sp?) & Wagner, Gorecki & Prokofiev are among my favorite artists in classical. But I also love much rock & new age, & "world" music, such as Naxi music (from China).
My love of music is also life-long, & maybe genetic. My maternal grandfather had a guitar, as well as a banjo (which had a head covered with a fox's hide he'd hunted), & he used to write music as well as play it. Also, my mom sang in church, as well as my aunts, & I!
Your use of the word "soul" resonates with my own view of great music. If it doesn't touch my soul, I don't like it, let alone love it. And speaking of love, do you find the feeling you experience with great music similar to that of being in love with a person? I never thought about it before, but I was just struck by the resemblance in my own life's experiences with loving someone deeply. Whenever I think of that person, that same sense of awe & warmth come to me.
Ah, yes..."Madama Butterfly." Only someone with a stone for a heart wouldn't cry at that opera, if not for the sadness of the story, then its tender melodies! It was my first real boyfriend who really introduced me to opera, & taught me how to enjoy it beyond the feelings, & when I saw MB, I cried, too! Gary, normally a sturdy sort, also wiped his eye once or twice, too...
You were so blessed to have an aunt such as yours!
Maggiepie
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