Meaningful music

I fell in love with this song after being in a 7 yr relationship that turned out to be a waste of my time and finding out he was going to marry the woman he met right after me. I was a few years older than him and found myself alone and starting over at age 40. I was devastated at the time. Now I look back and realize it was a blessing.
 

As the name of this thread is "Meaningful Music" it is worth noting that musical pieces without lyrics can also have meaning. As the saying goes, "Music has Charms to soothe a savage Breast." Alexander J. Morin has written that Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings is "full of pathos and cathartic passion" and that it "rarely leaves a dry eye."
 

The third movement of Mozart's Serenade No. 10 was featured in the movie Amadeus, near the beginning, when Salieri first meets Mozart. Salieri has not been impressed with Mozart's boorish behavior before the performance, but as he looks at the music on the page, he describes the beauty and delight of the solo oboe's entry soon thereafter followed by the clarinet's line.

"On the page it looked nothing," says Salieri. "The beginning simple, almost comic. Just a pulse -- bassoons and basset horns -- like a rusty squeezebox. Then suddenly -- high above it -- an oboe, a single note, hanging there unwavering, till a clarinet took over and sweetened it into a phrase of such delight! This was no composition by a performing monkey! This was a music I'd never heard. Filled with such longing, such unfulfillable longing, it had me trembling. It seemed to me that I was hearing the very voice of God."

It is at this point that Salieri first questions how God could choose a vulgar man like Mozart as his voice; this question becomes a primary theme of the film.
 
Corsair48 said:

As the name of this thread is "Meaningful Music" it is worth noting that musical pieces without lyrics can also have meaning. As the saying goes, "Music has Charms to soothe a savage Breast." Alexander J. Morin has written that Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings is "full of pathos and cathartic passion" and that it "rarely leaves a dry eye."
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Corsair48 said:

The third movement of Mozart's Serenade No. 10 was featured in the movie Amadeus, near the beginning, when Salieri first meets Mozart. Salieri has not been impressed with Mozart's boorish behavior before the performance, but as he looks at the music on the page, he describes the beauty and delight of the solo oboe's entry soon thereafter followed by the clarinet's line.

"On the page it looked nothing," says Salieri. "The beginning simple, almost comic. Just a pulse -- bassoons and basset horns -- like a rusty squeezebox. Then suddenly -- high above it -- an oboe, a single note, hanging there unwavering, till a clarinet took over and sweetened it into a phrase of such delight! This was no composition by a performing monkey! This was a music I'd never heard. Filled with such longing, such unfulfillable longing, it had me trembling. It seemed to me that I was hearing the very voice of God."

It is at this point that Salieri first questions how God could choose a vulgar man like Mozart as his voice; this question becomes a primary theme of the film.
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Love that you posted these ones. Classical music holds a special place in my life for those moments when it's just sitting with our own experiences without relating / choosing to relate to another person's words.
 
Spotify says I played this 452 times last year. I suspect it's more than that. There's a reason for The Reason. It's a song from myself...to myself. Reminding me that the past gets left in the past, that the reason to change myself should be for me.

Part of the lyrics
I'm not a perfect person
There's many things I wish I didn't do
But I continue learning
I never meant to do those things to you
And so, I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know

I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
And the reason is you

 
Mariah Carey's Hero
Because we are our own hero. Our happiness, when intrinsic, cannot be taken away. We are our responsibility, not somebody else's. We belong to ourselves. I belong to me, I am mine.

Part of the lyrics
It's a long road
When you face the world alone
No one reaches out a hand
For you to hold
You can find love
If you search within yourself
And that emptiness you felt
Will disappear

And then a hero comes along
With the strength to carry on
And you cast your fears aside
And you know you can survive
So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside you and be strong
And you'll finally see the truth
That a hero lies in you, oh, oh

 
Thalassa said:
Spotify says I played this 452 times last year. I suspect it's more than that. There's a reason for The Reason. It's a song from myself...to myself. Reminding me that the past gets left in the past, that the reason to change myself should be for me.

Part of the lyrics
I'm not a perfect person
There's many things I wish I didn't do
But I continue learning
I never meant to do those things to you
And so, I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know

I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
And the reason is you

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Love this
 

So, yesterday I posted a couple of classical pieces to show how music without lyrics can be meaningful. Today I will do the same with big band Jazz.

With this song, Glenn Miller created a new sound with a high-leading clarinet leading over the saxophone section. That kind of sound made Glenn Miller's orchestra famous. If you listen the song you'll hear that there are actually 2 melodies (clarinet and saxophone), and together they're creating the whole song -- the 2 melodies create a musical conversation. The song is a premier example of the American big-band sound from the mid-twentieth century.
 

Benny Goodman and his big band played in Carnegie Hall on the night of January 16, 1938 in what was likely the most important Jazz performance ever. Quite simply, the concert is said to have been revolutionary. Goodman was at the height of his popularity, but the idea of big band jazz in Carnegie Hall, the citadel of high culture in America was almost laughable, even so, Goodman and his band joined stars from the Duke Ellington and Count Basie orchestras on stage for an extended jam session. Still, the concert, which had been sold out for weeks, began rather inauspiciously as the Goodman band's play was somewhat uninspired. But then, about two and half minutes into Don't Be that Way, drummer Gene Krupa went crazy in a little drum solo. Krupa fired up the audience and loosened up the band, and the concert made history.
 
This song helped me when I needed a push, courage...
I listened to it over and over, I was in my early 20's

Bon Jovi Stick to your guns

So you want to be a cowboy
Well you know it's more than just a ride
Guess you got to know the real thing
If you want to know the other side
Ain't nobody riding shotgun
In the world tonight
And when you spit, you better mean it
You got to make 'em all believe it
If you're gonna be the one
Stick to your guns
Ain't nobody gonna hurt you, baby
You can go for the trigger
But only if you have to
Aim from the heart
Some will love and some will curse you, baby
You can go to war
But only if you have to
It's only if you have to
So you want to be the big time
Some people want to drag you down
There's no living in the backseat
If you're gonna drive through town
And when you pray for independence
Boy, you better stand your ground
You got to give it all you got now
Or you might get shot down
Fight hard until the battle is won
Stick to your guns
Ain't nobody gonna hurt you, baby
You can go for the trigger
But only if you have to
Aim from the heart
Some will love and some will curse you, baby
And you can go to war
But only if you have to
But only if you have to
Well, you know that I been through it
I got the scars to prove it
Fight hard and the Battle is yours
Stick to your guns
Ain't nobody gonna hurt you, baby
You can go for the trigger
But only if you have to
Aim from the heart
Some will love and some will curse you, baby
And you can go to war
But only if you have to
It's only if you have to
But stick to your guns

Songwriters: Alfie Agnew / Casey Royer / John Calabro / John Knight / Rikk F. Agnew Jr.

 
@Corsair48 im loving your shares. In my younger days I played in a guitar ensemble. Mostly jazz. A little classical. Plus some dance experience. Music is so moving in so many ways. Thank you for sharing .
 
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