Edited by Richard Walker, Friday, 2 Jun 2017, 21:12
Earworms are tunes that haunt you, night and day, and just won't wriggle off.
My latest is 'Tristesse' – never called that by its composer, and officially titled Chopin, Etude Op.10 No. 3. Here is Horowitz playing it. Of countless recordings, this is still my favorite.
I believe the music included the start of the Mozart Requiem, and the famous "Funeral March", Chopin's own composition from his B-flat Minor piano concerto.
Afterwards Chopin's heart was taken to Warsaw, where it still is.The story of how it has survived is one that hints the human race may be noble after all.
An Earworm
Earworms are tunes that haunt you, night and day, and just won't wriggle off.
My latest is 'Tristesse' – never called that by its composer, and officially titled Chopin, Etude Op.10 No. 3. Here is Horowitz playing it. Of countless recordings, this is still my favorite.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISBKq29aksE
Once I thought I didn't care for Chopin but, as with much in life, time taught me I was wrong.
Chopin died young, but he had a big funeral.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/20/books/chapters/chopins-funeral.html
I believe the music included the start of the Mozart Requiem, and the famous "Funeral March", Chopin's own composition from his B-flat Minor piano concerto.
Afterwards Chopin's heart was taken to Warsaw, where it still is.The story of how it has survived is one that hints the human race may be noble after all.
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/chopins-heart