[ooc] Also known as "Kanon-mun, stop being a humongous nerd."

Feb 04, 2008 23:09

Basically a list of Kanon's keywords, sorted by composer, some with youtube links or some backstory to the song. Rather empty for now, but will be edited over time to add more links and things.



Adams, John - Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Here!

Bach, Johann Sebastian - The Well-Tempered Clavier

Bartók, Béla - Allegro Barbaro *
Here.

Berg, Alban - Wozzeck
Is about a guy who is driven crazy.

Beethoven, Ludwig van - Pathétique

Beethoven, Ludwig van - Symphony No. 7 *
Is like, the main theme in the Nodame Cantabile drama.

Bizet, Georges - L'Arlésienne

Britten, Benjamin - The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra *
Part 1 Part 2.

Cage, John - 4' 33"
Is a composition where the the performer is required to not make a sound for 4 minutes and 33 seconds. Everyone can be a musician! 8Db

Chopin, Frédéric - Étude 10-4 *
Here.

Chopin, Frédéric - Revolutionary Étude in C Minor
lol Maksim

Copland, Aaron - Appalachian Spring

Copland, Aaron - Rodeo
Hoedown is probably the most famous section.

Debussy, Claude - L'Isle Joyeuse *
Translated into "The Joyous Isle". Here.

Dukas, Paul - The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Mickey Mouse.

Dvořák, Antonín - From the New World *
4th movement. Yes, it's THIS song.

Gershwin, George - An American in Paris *

Gershwin, George - Rhapsody in Blue *
Part 1 Part 2.

Glass, Philip - Einstein on the Beach
Einstein on the Beach is BIZARRE. Look, that youtube link has... lego stopmotion!

Haydn, Joseph - Surprise

Holst, Gustav - The Planets *
My favourite movement from this is Jupiter (the Bringer of Jollity). ... which has appeared in Toph's keywords, yes.

Ives, Charles - The Unanswered Question
Here.

Liszt, Franz - Transcendental Étude No.10
Here.

Mahler, Gustav - Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Translated (mistranslated, apparently, according to wiki) as "Songs of a Wayfarer". IS SAD.

Mendelssohn, Felix - Songs without Words

Monteverdi, Claudio - Orpheus

Morley, Thomas - Now Is the Month of Maying

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Don Giovanni
Is about a rapist. (N-no, really.)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Sonata for 2 Pianos *
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3. I'm fairly certain there's a Nodame version too, since this song was played by Chiaki and Nodame.

Mussorgsky, Modest - Pictures at an Exhibition

Pachelbel, Johann - Canon in D
Everyone SHOULD KNOW PACHELBEL. HE IS FOLLOWING YOU. Pachelbel rant is awesome.

Prokofiev, Sergei - The Love for Three Oranges *
Is about princesses in oranges.

Rachmaninoff, Sergei - Piano Concerto No. 2 *

Ravel, Maurice - Bolero *
Here. This version is also fun.

Ravel, Maurice - Le Tombeau de Couperin
Is uh, dedicated to the memory of Ravel's friends who had died fighting in World War I. Sorry TTT. W-why did I keyword this icon as this.

Sarasate, Pablo de - Carmen Fantasy *
Part 1 Part 2

Schoenberg, Arnold - A Survivor from Warsaw
Narration depicts the story of a survivor from Warsaw ghetto during the World War II. Here.

Schubert, Franz - The Erlking

Schubert, Franz - Trout
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5. Part 4 is probably the most famous section, I think.

Schumann, Robert - Carnival

Shostakovich, Dmitri - Symphony No. 5 in D minor

Smetana, Bedřich - The Moldau

Smith, Bessie - Lost Your Head Blues

Strauss, Richard - Till Eulenspiegel

Stravinsky, Igor - Petroushka *
Is a ballet, and has a rather interesting story. Have a 4-hands version of Russian Dance.

Stravinsky, Igor - The Rite of Spring

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich - Violin Concerto in D major

Varèse, Edgard - Electronic Poem

Verdi, Giuseppe - Rigoletto

Vivaldi, Antonio - The Four Seasons *

* = I have some sort of recording of it. A couple might be in some CD tucked away somewhere, though.

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