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Today has been rather interesting. I'm still putting off some studying of Music History. I actually enjoy studying for the class because it's history and I'm a lover of some history. Anyway, so yeah, before I go to bed I will be working on some studying.
The interesting thing about today was that I finally returned to being a sick romantic today. I found my Leonard Bernstein cd today. This is a big deal because it contains several awesome orchestral excerpts on it. Including the "Batuque from the Resaido Pastorale" by Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez, and the Movement V: Auferstehn from Symphony No. 2 by Gustav Mahler. Anyway, so I popped in the cd and listened for a while to the Batuque. I had forgotten how beautifully sensual this piece was. It catches you up in syncopated rhytms and it contains a paganism that is nothing short of intoxicating. It's just wild! And then of course, there's the Mahler. Thank God for Mahler. I cried again in anguish in the final strains. The part where the choir is in full force with the orchestra is simply glorious. Never has a I-IV-IV-I progression sounded so amazing!!! Gah! Anyway, I love music that makes me cry. I love it more than any other emotional response because it makes me feel human.
Lately, I have really been exploring my passion for history. I am seriously thinking about Maritime Archaeology in my future.
Later.