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The Doctor in Spite of Himself: Doctor Karaoke #4: Martine's Vengeance Aria
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Monday, August 25, 2008. Doctor Karaoke #4: Martine's Vengeance Aria. Opera arias, at their best, serve to reveal a character's character in ways that words alone can't do. Whereas the folksy, dance-like tone of Jacqueline's song. In the video below, the words are vertically arranged to follow the pitches exactly, so you can easily see how Gounod uses melodic shapes to create this amusing, but slightly harrowing portrait of a woman looking to get even. And she does get even, by the way. Me Neither is this.
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The Doctor in Spite of Himself: Doctor Karaoke #2: The Lumberjack Song
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Monday, August 11, 2008. Doctor Karaoke #2: The Lumberjack Song. I'll admit that when I was working on translating and re-orchestrating. The Doctor in Spite of Himself. The effect is almost as if the exaggerated motion of swinging the axe back causes them to overshoot the pitch. I've taken to calling this chorus "The Lumberjack Song," even though the Monty Python gang owns. He crafted above a Bach prelude. Since there is an equally famous Schubert setting, we generally speak of the "Bach-Gounod.
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The Doctor in Spite of Himself: Doctor Karaoke #5: Youth and Love
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Saturday, September 6, 2008. Doctor Karaoke #5: Youth and Love. Hey, this opera isn't all vengeance and beatings. Here, we hear the ardent young Léandre, tenderly serenading his Lucinde outside her window (and thus enraging her father, of course). The music and words are a bit on the flowery side, but he is a tenor, after all . . . Posted by MICHAEL MONROE. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to the Show. About this Performing Edition. Doctor Karaoke #1: I Am a Genius! Me Neither is this.
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The Doctor in Spite of Himself: The Story
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Thursday, September 18, 2008. So perhaps you'd like to know what this opera is about. Here's a brief synopsis, with links to the tunes that have already been featured in karaoke. The Doctor in Spite of Himself. Fits squarely in the French comic opera tradition that was mastered by Offenbach and that helped inspire. The lyrics for all the musical numbers were written by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, who also served as librettists for. All the musical numbers are indicated below with. Their neighbor, Rob...
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The Archives: Composer Anagrams
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Still searching . . . Scroll Down to See Answers). Lavish Wig Manual (Vaughan Williams). Nacho Man Riff (Rachmaninoff). The Hi Mind (Hindemith). Posted by MICHAEL MONROE. MMmusing at g mail dot com. NOTE: There are more than. Hatto Movie, etc. A Taste of 1825. I'm a pianist and college music professor in the Boston area. This. Me Neither is this. Curiously, these most Googleable Michael Monroe's are each musicians. View my complete profile. Contact me at MMusing at gmail dot com.
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The Archives: Classical Lolcats
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June 8, 2007]. I'm not remotely proud of this, but it gives me a post for today. My original set of LOLcaptions are below. May 26-27, 2007]. The less said, the better, but for me it started here. Posted by MICHAEL MONROE. MMmusing at g mail dot com. NOTE: There are more than. Hatto Movie, etc. A Taste of 1825. I'm a pianist and college music professor in the Boston area. This. Me Neither is this. Curiously, these most Googleable Michael Monroe's are each musicians. View my complete profile.
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Turku 101: tammikuuta 2009
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Perjantai 30. tammikuuta 2009. In the heat of the night. Frontman and R.E.M. Tour guitarist, Ken Stringfellow is here again, this time with a new line-up called The Disciplines. Judging from previous Posies gigs in Turku, this oughta be entartaining too. Expect wild antics and other amusing stuff. Oh, and fine powerpop too. Tonight, the 30th of January at Klubi. Tickets 12 €, showtime at 11 pm. On the other hand tonight Dynamo. Offers the exquisite musical experience of Anssi 8000 and Maria Stereo. Lauan...
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The Paranoid Squirrel - 2010 Shows
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Happy Christmas one and all. I hope you all are tucked up with your loved ones ready to gorge yourself on food and drink. I know I am. Today's show features. First solo gig in London for over ten years recorded at Dingwalls on the 19. December. His band features one time, Eddie and The Hotrods, Damned, UFO bassist Paul Gray, Johnny Moped drummer Dave Berk, current Damned keyboardist Monty Oxymoron and Hannah from Brighton on additional guitar and backing vocals. Nothing live, all studio, all good! Scarci...
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Uutiset » Universal Music Finland
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Michael Monroe: uusi single ja dokumenttielokuva. Michael Monroe on julkaissut tänään uuden singlen One Foot Outta The Grave, joka on mukana myöhemmin tänä keväänä julkaistavalla kokoelma-albumilla. Bändi esittää sinkun tuoreeltaan tänä iltana The Voice of Finlandin suorassa livelähetyksessä. Bändillä on edessään kiireinen keikkakesä ja heidät nähdään myös avaamassa ilta Guns N’ Rosesille Hämeenlinnassa 1.7. 106 Vantaa, Rockfest. 106 Kaarina, Saaristo Open. 176 Kouvola, Vaakuna Piknik. 87 Turku, Ruisrock.
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Piano Heroes: Level 1,812
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Wed, May 5. Program to include Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries! And other operatic excesses. Mostly on hiatus since 2012]. View demo videos here. Monday, May 4, 2009. UPDATE2: We had an even bigger success with this at an Oct. 10, 2009 Homecoming event, with a much larger audience on hand. Read more about it here. UPDATE: This was definitely our biggest success yet. We had a big audience, many of whom participated by popping paper bags as cannons. Works remarkably well! Wednesday, May 6 at 12:20pm.
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