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| Oregon Sanctuary |
 Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:09 am |
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Joined: 28 Feb 2006
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We just got our copy of iMegaphone from Japan and I noticed something rather unusual. Underlying the chorus of "Aeroplane" is a musical quotation from 20th Century Viennese composer, Arnold Schoenberg. Specifically, it's the beginning of Schoenberg's "Gurrelieder" (Songs of Gurre).
This is a pretty obscure piece of music! How on earth did Immi come to incorporate this into "Aeroplane"? Also, is there an extramusical reason Immi used it in "Aeroplane" -- or did she just like the harmony and color of it?
Enquiring minds want to know!
(Schoenberg, by the way, is mostly known for severely atonal, "12-tone" music. Gurrelieder was one of his last works in his Romantic style. It sounds a lot like music by Gustav Mahler, if that means anything to anybody.) |
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| Oregon Sanctuary |
| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:13 pm |
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I found a way you can check this out for yourself. Go to the iTunes Music Store and type (or copy and paste). . .
Part 1, Orchestervorspiel
. . . into the search bar. Give the 30-second snippet a listen and see if you don't agree that it is the background layer for Aeroplane. (Other than the key: Aeroplane is in "G" while orchestra excerpt is in "E-flat".)
Whatcha think? |
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| Oregon Sanctuary |
| Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 3:02 am |
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Okay, I know it's kind of pathetic -- replying to your own posts, that is -- but I thought I should finish the public discussion I am having with myself.
So, I posed the question to Guy Sigsworth and he replied, in part:
". . . I grew up in a house filled with classical music. Eating breakfast to the sounds of Verklärte Nacht or the Bartók Fourth Quartet was quite normal in my family's home. I discovered pop music much later on. I think I still speak pop with a strong foreign accent, and I quite like it that way. . ."
So, I think it fair to infer that it was, indeed, Guy's idea to quote from the aforementioned classical piece, "Gurrelieder". His mention of a piece titled, "Verklärte Nacht" ("Transfigured Night") is the hint. It's by the same composer: Arnold Schoenberg.
Okay, 'nuff said on this gripping topic. . . |
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| James |
| Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:55 pm |
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