Why I Love Chopin

[Teasing the Korean]

Chopin's music sounds like scores from 70s Euro erotic films. I file him in the Now Sound section, and not the classical section, for this reason. 

I wonder what he may have accomplished had he been born in, say, 1925 or 1930.

[porcy62]

54 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said:

I wonder what he may have accomplished had he been born in, say, 1925 or 1930.

A guaranteed place at Hugh Hefner's parties?

[Teasing the Korean]

16 minutes ago, porcy62 said:

A guaranteed place at Hugh Hefner's parties?

YES! 

[mikeweil]

Well, most of today's pianists have studied at least some of Chopin's music, and since it is based on his improvisations it is no wonder that it is a favourite of many. Clare Fischer said in an interview on Jobim that he finds many chord changes in bossa nova pieces are much like Chopin.

[Teasing the Korean]

11 hours ago, mikeweil said:

Well, most of today's pianists have studied at least some of Chopin's music, and since it is based on his improvisations it is no wonder that it is a favourite of many. Clare Fischer said in an interview on Jobim that he finds many chord changes in bossa nova pieces are much like Chopin.

Oh. Very obvious in Jobim.

[Late]

On 4/4/2020 at 9:14 AM, Teasing the Korean said:

I wonder what he may have accomplished had he been born in, say, 1925 or 1930.

Chopin was re-born in 1937 in Black Mountain, North Carolina.

[clifford_thornton]

 

[Teasing the Korean]

4 hours ago, Late said:

Chopin was re-born in 1937 in Black Mountain, North Carolina.

Great, I'll have to check him out. What was his name in that incarnation?

[JSngry]

Rubina Flake.

[Late]

44 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Great, I'll have to check him out. What was his name in that incarnation?

Her name. Play the Prelude in D-flat major. Then drop down a half step and play "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face."

[Teasing the Korean]

1 hour ago, Late said:

Her name. Play the Prelude in D-flat major. Then drop down a half step and play "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face."

She didn't score 70s Euro Erotic films, so she ain't Chopin. 

[Late]

2 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:

She didn't score 70s Euro Erotic films, so she ain't Chopin. 

It's just that the scores haven't shown up yet. They're in her attic somewhere. Play that prelude (Db major) and "First Time" back-to-back. The soul of Chopin was transferred to Flack. They're nearly the same tune.

[Late]

The plot thickens. I didn't know that Flack didn't compose "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face." Wiki-sez-what?

"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is a 1957 folk song written by British political singer/songwriter Ewan MacColl for Peggy Seeger, who later became his wife. At the time, the couple were lovers, although MacColl was still married to Joan Littlewood. Seeger sang the song when the duo performed in folk clubs around Britain. During the 1960s, it was recorded by various folk singers and became a major international hit for Roberta Flack in 1972, winning Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Billboard ranked it as the no. 1 Hot 100 single of the year for 1972.”

 

Fryderyk Franciszek, of course, still resides in Roberta Cleopatra.

 

[Teasing the Korean]

9 hours ago, Late said:

It's just that the scores haven't shown up yet. They're in her attic somewhere. Play that prelude (Db major) and "First Time" back-to-back. The soul of Chopin was transferred to Flack. They're nearly the same tune.

And how about "How Insensitive?"

[Late]

2 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:

And how about "How Insensitive?"

That's one of the nocturnes.

[Teasing the Korean]

2 hours ago, Late said:

That's one of the nocturnes.

Yes. So how is Jobim less Chopin than Roberta Flack? And Jobim scored some erotic films, including "The Adventurers" and "Gabriella."

[Late]

4 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:

So how is Jobim less Chopin than Roberta Flack?

Probably isn't. Split-hemisphere meta-realities.

[JSngry]

And/but oh by the way, look at who the arranger was here: