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“The piano keys are black and white but they sound like a million colors in your mind.”
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One of the greatest love songs from American theater. Twitter: @PianoRhapsody Email: pianorhapsodypodcast@gmail.com Find PianoRhapsody on SoundCloud for this recording and more!
Let's take another page from The Great American Songbook and dive into one of the greatest love songs from American theater. We discuss Oh, Kay! vs OK, rag dolls, and appendicitis. Twitter: @PianoRhapsody Email: pianorhapsodypodcast@gmail.com Find PianoRhapsody on SoundCloud for this recording and more!
Not exactly a modern feminist anthem, but a bluesy torch song from the Roaring 20s. Twitter: @PianoRhapsody Email: pianorhapsodypodcast@gmail.com Find PianoRhapsody on SoundCloud for this recording and more!
Next stop: America in the 1920s. The Jazz Age is in full swing and Gershwin is writing banger after banger. We discuss Baby Shark, Cinderella, and torches. Twitter: @PianoRhapsody Email: pianorhapsodypodcast@gmail.com Find PianoRhapsody on SoundCloud for this recording and more!
A popular erotic waltz from 1902 sharing a similar form to modern pop music. Sheets: https://musopen.org/music/8014-je-te-veux/ Twitter: @PianoRhapsody Email: pianorhapsodypodcast@gmail.com Find PianoRhapsody on SoundCloud for this recording and more!
What better way to close out our visit to the Postromantic period than with a waltz by Satie and a discussion on his romantic history? We discuss Johnny Depp, carousels, and erotic lyrics. Twitter: @PianoRhapsody Email: pianorhapsodypodcast@gmail.com Find PianoRhapsody on SoundCloud for this recording and more!
An atmospheric conversation between three parts. Sheets (p. 1-4): https://musopen.org/music/8008-trois-gnossiennes/ Twitter: @PianoRhapsody Email: pianorhapsodypodcast@gmail.com Find PianoRhapsody on SoundCloud for this recording and more!
Just how eccentric was Erik Satie? Let's talk about it and explore one of his Gnossienne. We discuss religious cults, corduroy suits, and cotton salads. Twitter: @PianoRhapsody Email: pianorhapsodypodcast@gmail.com Find PianoRhapsody on SoundCloud for this recording and more!
Like floating on a cloud... Sheets (p. 1-4): https://musopen.org/music/8010-3-gymnopedies/ Twitter: @PianoRhapsody Email: pianorhapsodypodcast@gmail.com Find PianoRhapsody on SoundCloud for this recording and more!
We move on to a new musical era spotlighting an eccentric composer who was ahead of his time, Erik Satie, and his most famous work, Gymnopedie #1. We discuss non-wicked stepmothers, naked Spartans, and Janet Jackson. Twitter: @PianoRhapsody Email: pianorhapsodypodcast@gmail.com Find PianoRhapsody on SoundCloud for this recording and more!
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