Category Archives: Music

The Martyrdom of Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich

Posted on October 21, 2016 by Ron Pavellas

He was gifted, he suffered, he made great music His most deeply felt pieces were sad, even tragic Yet, ironic, for his tormentors were tone deaf And those who knew could see through the façade A dangerous game to play … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, musical composition | Tagged Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich, Joseph Stalin, martyrdom, Russia, USSR | Leave a comment

Music as Metaphor

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Ron Pavellas

Assertions on the nature of music 1. Music is an absolute, existing outside of Man, along with all the other abstractions assigned by him to The Great Everything (TGE) which is too vast and impenetrable to be truly known—except, perhaps, … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged 'Physics as Metaphor', 'The Nature of Music', absolute music, Arthur Schopenhauer, Betty Kingsley Hawkins, Johannes Brahms, Ludwig van Beethoven, Maureen McCarthy Draper, program music, Roger S. Jones | Leave a comment

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