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Franz Schubert: ‘ Serenade’
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July 20, 2013
September 4, 2011
Nainen ja kuolema or a dark bound between sexuality and death
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Come on baby, don't fear the reaper, baby take my hand, don't fear the reaper, we'll be able to fly, don't fear the reaper, baby I'm your man [Blue Öyster Cult]
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[Kielimafian linkkilisäys eli osa IV - klo: 12.00].
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Death and the Maiden
This theme has a multi-faceted past. It is rooted in very old mythological traditions: among the ancient Greeks, the abduction of Persephone (Proserpine among the Romans) by Hades (Pluto), god of Hell, is a clear prefiguration of the clash between Eros and Thanatos. The young goddess gathered flowers in company of carefree nymphs when she saw a pretty narcissus and plucked it. At that moment, the ground opened; Hades came out of the underworld and abducted Persephone.
This old vision will take a new form at the end of the 15th century and become the theme of Death and the maiden, which will culminate in Germany at the Renaissance. In many dances of Death already figured a representation of Death with a fine lady or with a beautiful virgin. The image of a young woman was also found in the three ages and Death. However in both cases, there was no trace of erotism. But with Death and the maiden theme, something new happened. People discovered a dark bound between sexuality and death.
In this type of iconography, the young lady was not involved in a dance anymore, but in a sensual intercourse, which will become always more erotic as time went by. Unlike the dance of death, the Death and the maiden pictures dont have any verses to explain them. Due to that, this new kind of illustration lost somewhat of its dramatic intensity; its didactic role became less impotant. On the other hand, this form of art gained a kinf of intimacy. However in spite of the sensuality of this genre, it still had a moralistic goal; it kept on pointing out the fact that life is short as is the proud beauty of a woman. Her body, her face, her hair and her chest will someday feed the worms. The theme of Death and the maiden has sometimes been used pretexts to represent female nudity.
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In the vast geographical expanse that was the Holy Roman Empire in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Europe, popular notions of women as powerfully erotic and seductive arose. Drawing inspiration from the Old Testament story of Eve's involvement in the Fall of Man, some Renaissance intellectuals north of the Alps associated the female sex with evil, witchcraft and the malevolent role of syphilis in the dissolution of medieval society's idyllic idea of love. Now a European special exhibition examines the works of German Renaissance artist Hans Baldung Grien (1484/85-1545) and how he and his contemporaries portrayed such anxieties visually.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoZJkkWX8Yw&feature=related
Franz Schubert - Death and the Maiden - Quartet in D Minor
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Satunnainen kommentaattori kirjoittaa: 'I played this in my quartet a while back. This has to be one of my favorite compostions...ever. The cello part was the coolest things I've ever played. Everytime I listen to it I fall in love again.'
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUO_5EALZoM
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper
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All our times have come
Here but now they're gone
Seasons don't fear the reaper
Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain..we can be like they are
Come on baby...don't fear the reaper
Baby take my hand...don't fear the reaper
We'll be able to fly...don't fear the reaper
Baby I'm your man...
Valentine is done
Here but now they're gone
Romeo and Juliet
Are together in eternity...Romeo and Juliet
40,000 men and women everyday...Like Romeo and Juliet
40,000 men and women everyday...Redefine happiness
Another 40,000 coming everyday...We can be like they are
Come on baby...don't fear the reaper
Baby take my hand...don't fear the reaper
We'll be able to fly...don't fear the reaper
Baby I'm your man...
Love of two is one
Here but now they're gone
Came the last night of sadness
And it was clear she couldn't go on
Then the door was open and the wind appeared
The candles blew then disappeared
The curtains flew then he appeared...saying don't be afraid
Come on baby...and she had no fear
And she ran to him...then they started to fly
They looked backward and said goodby...she had become like they are
She had taken his hand...she had become like they are
Come on baby...don't fear the reaper
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http://actuspurunen.blogspot.com/2008/10/yllinen-tapaaminen-sadunomainen.html
Yöllinen tapaaminen [sadunomainen kauhukertomus] on sekin muunnelma päreen teemasta.
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http://www.lamortdanslart.com/fille/maiden.htm
http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Baldung
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Baldung
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/baldung/ages/
http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tytt%C3%B6_ja_kuolema
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_and_the_Maiden_(motif)
http://arthistory.about.com/od/namesgg/l/bl_sp_grien.htm
http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Schubert
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Schubert
http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/(Don't_Fear)_The_Reaper
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(Don't_Fear)_The_Reaper
http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_%C3%96yster_Cult
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_%C3%96yster_Cult
July 26, 2011
Kaipaus kirjekyyhkynä - [Sie heißt - die Sehnsucht! Kennt ihr sie?]
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Ich hab' eine Brieftaub' in meinem Sold,
Die ist gar ergeben und treu,
Sie nimmt mir nie das Ziel zu kurz
Und fliegt auch nie vorbei
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Drum heg ich sie auch so treu an der Brust,
Versichert des schönsten Gewinns;
Sie heißt - die Sehnsucht! Kennt ihr sie? -
Die Botin treuen Sinns.
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Schwanengesang ("Swan song") is the title of a posthumous collection of songs by Franz Schubert. - The last song based on a poem written by Johann Gabriel Seidl: Taubenpost ("Pigeon post"; the song that is often considered the last Lied that Schubert ever wrote. The song is included into a cycle by the first editor and is almost always included in modern performances. In it, the singer declares that he has a messenger-pigeon, whose name is "Longing").
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJfcnaKA9rc
Die Taubenpost by Schubert - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone, Gerald Moore, Piano
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Die Taubenpost
Ich hab' eine Brieftaub' in meinem Sold,
Die ist gar ergeben und treu,
Sie nimmt mir nie das Ziel zu kurz
Und fliegt auch nie vorbei.
Ich sende sie viel tausendmal
Auf Kundschaft täglich hinaus,
Vorbei an manchem lieben Ort,
Bis zu der Liebsten Haus.
Dort schaut sie zum Fenster heimlich hinein,
Belauscht ihren Blick und Schritt,
Gibt meine Grüße scherzend ab
Und nimmt die ihren mit.
Kein Briefchen brauch ich zu schreiben mehr,
Die Träne selbst geb ich ihr,
Oh, sie verträgt sie sicher nicht,
Gar eifrig dient sie mir.
Bei Tag, bei Nacht, im Wachen, im Traum,
Ihr gilt das alles gleich,
Wenn sie nur wandern, wandern kann,
Dann ist sie überreich!
Sie wird nicht müd, sie wird nicht matt,
Der Weg ist stets ihr neu;
Sie braucht nicht Lockung, braucht nicht Lohn,
Die Taub' ist so mir treu!
Drum heg ich sie auch so treu an der Brust,
Versichert des schönsten Gewinns;
Sie heißt - die Sehnsucht! Kennt ihr sie? -
Die Botin treuen Sinns.
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Pigeon messages - [1. käännösversio]
I have a carrier-pigeon in my pay
Who is devoted and true.
She never stops short of her goal,
And never flies too far.
I send her a thousand times
Out every day to gather information
Past many a beloved spot
To my beloved's house.
There she peeps in at the window,
Spying out every look and step,
Gives my greetings playfully
And brings hers to me.
I needn't write a note any longer,
My very tears I give her:
She will not misdeliver them,
So earnestly does she serve me.
By day, by night, in waking, in dreaming,
They are all the same to her,
So long as she can wander,
She is more than satisfied!
She never becomes tired, she never grows exhausted,
The route always feels new;
She needs no enticement, needs no reward,
This pigeon is so true to me.
And so I cherish her truly in my heart,
Certain of the fairest prize;
Her name - Longing! Do you know her?
The messenger of constancy.
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Original text by Johann Gabriel Seidl and English translation courtesy of The Lied and Art Song Texts Page. Link to site: - http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=14766
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GL5rUECx9w&feature=related
Franz Schubert, Schwanengesang, Die Taubenpost, Werner Güra, Tenor, Christoph Berner, Piano.
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Werner Güran tulkinta on [melkein] yhtä hieno kuin Fischer-Dieskaun, joskin nyt liikutaan makumieltymysten alueella. Itse kuitenkin koen Fischer-Dieskaun äänen lämpimyydessään, pehmeydessään ja selkeässä artikulaatiossaan sopivan juuri tähän - ah niin ihanaan liediin, jossa aina luotettava ja uskollinen kirjekyyhky toimii kaipauksen elävänä metaforana niin hyvin, että tuskin tarvitsee edes kuvitella nähdessään sen lentävän kaipaavalta lähettäjältä rakastetulle vastaanottajalle ja takaisin jalkansa ympärille sidottu pieni viestilappu mukanaan.
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The Courier Pigeon - [2. käännösversio]
I have a courier pigeon in my employ,
Its very devoted and true.
It never stops short of my goal
And never flies too far
I send it out many thousand times
With messages every day,
Away past many a pretty place,
Right to my dearests house.
It peeks through the window secretly there
And watches for her step and glance,
Gives her my greetings playfully
And brings hers back to me.
I dont need to write notes anymore
I send my tears with it instead,
Im sure they will never go astray,
It serves me so eagerly
By night, by day, awake, in dreams,
Its all the same to it,
If it can only rove and roam,
That is repayment enough.
It never tires, it never flags,
The way is ever new,
It needs no lure, it needs no pay,
The dove is so loyal to me!
And so I keep it close to my heart
Assured of the sweetest reward;
Its name is—longing! Do you know it?
Enduring loves messenger.
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http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Schubert
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Schubert
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwanengesang
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gabriel_Seidl
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietrich_Fischer-Dieskau
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_G%C3%BCra
http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirjekyyhky
http://everynote.com/songs.show/114885.note
http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2005/11/seminary-girls-in-israel-cause.html
http://www.onlinekunst.de/januar/31_01_Schubert_Franz.htm
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