Piano music inspired by insects & assorted wee beasties

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fredbucket wrote:Well, I suppose in honour of the Winter Olympics in Canada I have to upload this, which I learnt as a youngster many years ago, and still can't play ...
Lavallee - Op.18 Le Papillon - Etude de concert.pdf
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Thanks Fred - I heard this played by a 12 year old the other day rather brilliantly.
I ponder: were any insects ever inspired by piano music? Probably many have suffered as a result of ivory onslaught - moths mashed by hammers; spiders twanged by strings; fleas flayed by felt...the agony, and we mock them with these diabolical delights.
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davida march wrote:Thanks Fred - I heard this played by a 12 year old the other day rather brilliantly.
That's right - rub it in, why don't you?...
davida march wrote:I ponder: were any insects ever inspired by piano music? Probably many have suffered as a result of ivory onslaught - moths mashed by hammers; spiders twanged by strings; fleas flayed by felt...the agony, and we mock them with these diabolical delights.
I have discovered crunched cockroaches in some very old and ill-looked after pianos, so that does suggest that they are inspired by period instruments.

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fredbucket wrote:
davida march wrote:Thanks Fred - I heard this played by a 12 year old the other day rather brilliantly.
That's right - rub it in, why don't you?...
davida march wrote:I ponder: were any insects ever inspired by piano music? Probably many have suffered as a result of ivory onslaught - moths mashed by hammers; spiders twanged by strings; fleas flayed by felt...the agony, and we mock them with these diabolical delights.
I have discovered crunched cockroaches in some very old and ill-looked after pianos, so that does suggest that they are inspired by period instruments.

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Fred
Well actually, I feel a little redundant myself. I was adjudicating and had to give this little girl a 3rd prize. The winner played Carl Vine & Scriabin Sonatas, and the 2nd place award went to a boy who played the Liszt Tarantella. Kids! - you'd think they should be playing computer games and getting up to 'social not-working'!
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davida march wrote:Well actually, I feel a little redundant myself. I was adjudicating and had to give this little girl a 3rd prize. The winner played Carl Vine & Scriabin Sonatas, and the 2nd place award went to a boy who played the Liszt Tarantella. Kids! - you'd think they should be playing computer games and getting up to 'social not-working'!
Bucket's Law: No matter how well you play, there is always someone else younger and better.

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fredbucket wrote:
davida march wrote:Well actually, I feel a little redundant myself. I was adjudicating and had to give this little girl a 3rd prize. The winner played Carl Vine & Scriabin Sonatas, and the 2nd place award went to a boy who played the Liszt Tarantella. Kids! - you'd think they should be playing computer games and getting up to 'social not-working'!
Bucket's Law: No matter how well you play, there is always someone else younger and better.

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That's it ! :evil:
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In February it was suggested that we have a new thread for amphibian-inspired music. Here is a rather unusual example, taken from the latest IMSLP additions. Complete with illustrations:

http://waltercosand.com/CosandScores/Co ... _Piano.pdf
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WCosand wrote:In February it was suggested that we have a new thread for amphibian-inspired music. Here is a rather unusual example, taken from the latest IMSLP additions. Complete with illustrations:

http://waltercosand.com/CosandScores/Co ... _Piano.pdf
Brilliant! Any squid or Kraken based scores?
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davida march wrote:Brilliant! Any squid or Kraken based scores?
I'm not sure, but Richard Strauss had an unusual effect on certain cells...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO6vFYH7QJA

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There are some cephalopod pieces.
Satie's La Pieuvre is one I am fond of. I love the idea that the octopus must take some salt water because the crab it ate went down backwards.
It is page 12 of
http://waltercosand.com/CosandScores/Co ... ements.pdf
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davida march wrote:
WCosand wrote:In February it was suggested that we have a new thread for amphibian-inspired music. Here is a rather unusual example, taken from the latest IMSLP additions. Complete with illustrations: http://waltercosand.com/CosandScores/Co ... _Piano.pdf
Brilliant! Any squid or Kraken based scores?
Helen, no score, but a rough beat up piano tutorial of octopus's garden by The Beatles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkYWlmPA2OM
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