Posted by Dean on July 30, 2003 at 22:22:45:
In Reply to: music for the soul posted by Tim on July 30, 2003 at 15:37:42:
Good question. Our present feelings are triggered by imprinted past feelings associated with the music. I could go on for hours, but here are the first pieces to come to my mind. Dean
�h "Closer Walk with Thee" by various Preservation Hall Jazz Bands
�h Various vocals and bagpipe solos of "Amazing Grace"
�h "Freight Train" performed by Elizabeth Cotton; http://www.malaspina.com/site/person_364.asp
�h Borodin's "Polovtzian Dances"
�h Ravel's "Bolero"
�h Mahler's Titan "Symphony #1 in D"
�h Max Bruch's "First Violin Concerto"
�h E.E. Begley's "National Emblem March"
�h "Greensleeves"
�h Bob Wills' "Faded Love" and "Maiden's Prayer"
�h "Sing Sing Sing (With a Swing)" Jan. 16, 1938, Carnegie Hall performance of Benny Goodman, Harry James, Count Basie, Gene Krupa, Lionel Hampton; especially Jess Stacy's elegantly understated piano solo; http://www.artistdirect.com/music/artist/bio/0,,496494,00.html?artist=Jess+Stacy
�h ��Maja de Carnival��
�h ��Black Magic Woman�� Carlos Santana