[LAU] #musicmadewitlinux - Chopin Nocturnes

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On May 1, 2016 1:09 AM, "Patrick Shirkey" <pshirkey at boosthardware.com>
wrote:
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> Hi,
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> Some of you might be interested in this modern take on the Nocturnes.
> It's a bit of an experiment but it has a unique effect if you know the
> Nocturnes well.
>
> https://youtu.be/7XO3GXupLqY

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Interesting version of Chopin Nocturnes.

I remember years ago hearing a 1970's disco version of Beethoven's fifth
symphony, entitled "A Fifth of Beethoven," by Walter Murphy and The Big
Apple Band. (There are quite a few YouTube videos of this disco piece, for
anyone who may be interested.)

I hated it, but it did make me think how great the music must be to be
borrowed and reused by others for different purposes or in different
versions. I have a recording of some of Bach's music transcribed for
marimba band with a drum set and other percussion, and it doesn't sound bad
(although I prefer Bach's original versions), and of course even Bach made
many transcriptions of his pieces for other instruments, jazz combos
regularly adapt Bach and other composers' works for their own use, and a
great melody by a great composer might still be recognizable as a great
melody even if played on a toy piano or ocarina.

Although of course there may sometimes exist uninspired people who merely
recycle great music for various reasons without adding any or much creative
work of their own, I think that whether a person likes the transcription or
adaptation or not, it might at least be considered a tribute to the
original music that inspired it. :-)

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