The video merudanda posted with Glass and Ravi Shankar is a good example, although it's less minimalist than some of Glass's other compositions.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@> wrote: > > > > I love the cello...almost posted a Philip Glass cello piece > > last night, but it was long...and depressing :) This fellow > > is wonderful and thank you for posting. > > > > So, did I get the joke...was it the repetitive nature of the > > song that prompted Feste? Am I living in another too literal > > world altogether? > > Feste's quip was actually very witty. Glass is known for > pieces that repeat and repeat, but then introduce a little > bit of variation, then repeat and repeat that, then > go back to the original repetition, then introduce another > little bit of variation and repeat that, and so on, just > like Feste's first response. It's a style that's usually > called "minimalism." This was in his earlier days, though; > he's writing different kinds of music now. > > > Are not chants repetitious? Are not bhajans repetitious? I > > love repetition when done to certain musical themes; it is > > mesmerizing and transports. > > Sure. That's what Glass intends, to provoke a sort of > hypnotic state that then gets shaped by the little > variations. Nothing wrong with it at all, but for some it > may be an acquired taste (one I haven't acquired). I don't > think Feste meant it as a criticism. He was just mimicking > that style in words. > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: merudanda <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 6:39 PM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Philip Glass - The Poet Acts > > > > > >  > > knock -knock- sneak- sneak-------- > > > > Schubert one of the least "intellectual-smart" of composers may help > > > > leaving behind lucid dreamy night > > > > kiss the sunshine in the morning bright > > knowing the game > > so let us play  play again > > > > and again and again > > > > together > > leaving the lucid night > > this posting Trio taking each the instrument of > > choice > > saha vÄ«ryaá¹karavÄvahai(May this light strengthen our friendship ) > > tejasvinÄvadhÄ«tamastu mÄ vidviá¹£Ävahai (May our life be brilliant, may > > we never > > misunderstand) > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFcGgmWStnM > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@> wrote: > > > > > > Yes, I'm not one of the smarter meditators here, but I'm humble on that > > > point.  I actually liked it and haven't been privy to him - this joke > > > goes over my head as well, unless you are pointing out that repetition is > > > his gig in a lot of the music he composes.  > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: feste37 feste37@ > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 12:22 PM > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Philip Glass - The Poet Acts > > > > > > > > >  > > > > > > > > > It may not have been apparent, but I was in fact making a very feeble > > > Philip Glass joke. Here's another one: > > > > > > Knock, knock. > > > Who's there? > > > Knock, knock. > > > Who's there? > > > Knock, knock. > > > Who's there? > > > Knock, knock. > > > Who's there? > > > Knock, knock. > > > Who's there? > > > Knock, knock. > > > Who's there? > > > Philip Glass. > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@ wrote: > > > > > > > > You are welcome. àI got the reference to Philip Glass from the video > > > > telling the story of the Bhagavad Gita that Buck sent. àHe was on of > > > > the speakers and is also a composer. àHe did the score for the movie > > > > The Hours, which I never saw, but may now. àYou may already know > > > > this :). > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: feste37 feste37@ > > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 5:39 AM > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Philip Glass - The Poet Acts > > > > > > > > > > > > à> > > > I like it. I like it. I like it. I like it very much, very much. I like > > > > it. I like it. I like it a lot . A lot. A lot. I like it. I like it. > > > > Very much. Very much. I like it. I like it. > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fca2oXLe9g4&feature=related > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
