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It kills me because he was such an amazing composer, but it's hard to imagine who he would have been without Schoenberg. Looking forward to reading your piece on is

Matt Barber @brbrofsvl.bsky.social · 4d

Illustration from David Wiesner's picture book "Tuesday," depicting frogs flying on magic lily pads. The frogs are smiling in wonder and anticipation.

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Matt Barber @brbrofsvl.bsky.social · 8d

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Daffy Duck: Thanks for the Sour Persimmons, Cousin

YouTube video by Ben Simon a.k.a. Cartoon Man Central

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Matt Barber @brbrofsvl.bsky.social · 9d

Also the meter is a rather slow 14 (!), almost impossible for my Western ears to pick up naturally. I have so many more but I have to do bedtime with my kids. I can come back and post a few later

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Matt Barber @brbrofsvl.bsky.social · 9d

Many. Anything recorded by M.S. Subbulakshmi is gold, but this is especially impressive. The basic structure is a passage of words followed by a passage of swaras (like the do-re-mi solfege of Western music). These passage pairs are repeated in double time.

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Viribhoni - Varnam | M.S. Subbulakshmi | Bhairavi | Carnatic Classical Music | Carnatic Song

YouTube video by Saregama Carnatic Classical

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Matt Barber @brbrofsvl.bsky.social · 9d

They're so fucking good

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Matt Barber @brbrofsvl.bsky.social · 9d

Carnatic

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Matt Barber @brbrofsvl.bsky.social · 9d

It says trans and antifa in the text itself

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Matt Barber @brbrofsvl.bsky.social · 9d

It sounds easy until you have kids who hate cheese, or have an allergy or two, or think ketchup is spicy, or suddenly have an aversion to something they reliably ate for the last year...

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