Comments on: Obsessive Engines http://manofroma.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/obsessive-engines/ A quirky research on Romanness Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:13:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Method and Encounter with Magister « Man of Roma http://manofroma.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/obsessive-engines/#comment-2027 Method and Encounter with Magister « Man of Roma Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:53:28 +0000 http://manofroma.wordpress.com/?p=319#comment-2027 [...] 3); b. because our ideas are not thrown down at random, links among them being stimulated by inner themes we have been meditating in the years and presumably of biographical origin; c. because almost all [...] [...] 3); b. because our ideas are not thrown down at random, links among them being stimulated by inner themes we have been meditating in the years and presumably of biographical origin; c. because almost all [...]

]]> By: Us and the Hyperboreans. 2 « Man of Roma http://manofroma.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/obsessive-engines/#comment-1883 Us and the Hyperboreans. 2 « Man of Roma Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:54:26 +0000 http://manofroma.wordpress.com/?p=319#comment-1883 [...] was all rage, it seemed all so unfair and brutal. And the history addicted in me - I’m obsessed-obsessing - couldn’t but think about that awful din of war addressed to the Roman legionaries of Caius [...] [...] was all rage, it seemed all so unfair and brutal. And the history addicted in me – I’m obsessed-obsessing – couldn’t but think about that awful din of war addressed to the Roman legionaries of Caius [...]

]]> By: ManofRoma http://manofroma.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/obsessive-engines/#comment-1424 ManofRoma Tue, 27 May 2008 16:06:57 +0000 http://manofroma.wordpress.com/?p=319#comment-1424 @AutumnSnow I do not know if Ashish did something. Surely Dabido did. PS Which sounds .... Rachmaninoff's? @AutumnSnow
I do not know if Ashish did something. Surely Dabido did.
PS
Which sounds …. Rachmaninoff’s?

]]> By: autumnsnow http://manofroma.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/obsessive-engines/#comment-1423 autumnsnow Tue, 27 May 2008 14:04:11 +0000 http://manofroma.wordpress.com/?p=319#comment-1423 I just realized that I have been nominated for an award. I thought it's Ashish did it. I did not understand what Ashish said about he was nominating one of my post for the award at the beginning on the comment. It's amazing there is a place for bloggers to nominated another bloggers for those awards.I am very surprised and thanks for telling me this, Man of Roma. I have to say thanks to Ashish too lol~ I think it is a kind of encouragement to keep me going on, doing my very best on my blog. :-D Besides, i can't believe that there is nobody could play or create such kind of sounds for a long time....lol....it seems this kind of sound become extinction. I just realized that I have been nominated for an award. I thought it’s Ashish did it. I did not understand what Ashish said about he was nominating one of my post for the award at the beginning on the comment. It’s amazing there is a place for bloggers to nominated another bloggers for those awards.I am very surprised and thanks for telling me this, Man of Roma. I have to say thanks to Ashish too lol~ I think it is a kind of encouragement to keep me going on, doing my very best on my blog. :-D

Besides, i can’t believe that there is nobody could play or create such kind of sounds for a long time….lol….it seems this kind of sound become extinction.

]]> By: ManofRoma http://manofroma.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/obsessive-engines/#comment-1417 ManofRoma Mon, 26 May 2008 19:28:14 +0000 http://manofroma.wordpress.com/?p=319#comment-1417 @AutumnSnow Well, loving the piano so much I cannot but love Rachmaninoff’s music. Good old Rach has been the greatest piano composer of the last century (or at least the most influential). The sounds he creates with the piano nobody was capable of creating (or even playing) for a long time. His music is in fact terribly difficult to play. Sometimes he is a bit too sentimental, but that is typically Russian. Weirdly enough many of his themes have an Arabic influence, though it is well known that Russia in some way is culturally located between the East and the West. PS You have been nominated for an award here: http://www.dabido65.com/wordpress/?p=1393 All the best woman from China! PPS Melodies (and generally music) are based on scales, fixed sequences of notes one combines to create melodies and songs. Different cultures use different scales. The Chinese have their own scales. When we Westerners hear, for example, a melody built on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_harmonic_scale" rel="nofollow"><em>an Arabic</em></a> (or Chinese) scale, it sounds exotic, beautiful, weird etc. to our ears. Well, the melody by Rachmaninoff presented in this post is actually built on an Arabic scale. @AutumnSnow
Well, loving the piano so much I cannot but love Rachmaninoff’s music. Good old Rach has been the greatest piano composer of the last century (or at least the most influential). The sounds he creates with the piano nobody was capable of creating (or even playing) for a long time. His music is in fact terribly difficult to play.

Sometimes he is a bit too sentimental, but that is typically Russian. Weirdly enough many of his themes have an Arabic influence, though it is well known that Russia in some way is culturally located between the East and the West.

PS
You have been nominated for an award here: http://www.dabido65.com/wordpress/?p=1393

All the best woman from China!

PPS
Melodies (and generally music) are based on scales, fixed sequences of notes one combines to create melodies and songs. Different cultures use different scales. The Chinese have their own scales. When we Westerners hear, for example, a melody built on an Arabic (or Chinese) scale, it sounds exotic, beautiful, weird etc. to our ears. Well, the melody by Rachmaninoff presented in this post is actually built on an Arabic scale.

]]> By: autumnsnow http://manofroma.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/obsessive-engines/#comment-1415 autumnsnow Sun, 25 May 2008 12:56:28 +0000 http://manofroma.wordpress.com/?p=319#comment-1415 "one of the reasons why a melody of Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff is recognized as his and only his is this bizarre (to western ears) Arabic-scale obsession he has and that is surely related to some deep experiences in his life." Though I do not know and understand well what obsession he has, the sound of the melody in this music is quite nice. :-) “one of the reasons why a melody of Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff is recognized as his and only his is this bizarre (to western ears) Arabic-scale obsession he has and that is surely related to some deep experiences in his life.”

Though I do not know and understand well what obsession he has, the sound of the melody in this music is quite nice. :-)

]]> By: ManofRoma http://manofroma.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/obsessive-engines/#comment-1405 ManofRoma Mon, 19 May 2008 13:32:57 +0000 http://manofroma.wordpress.com/?p=319#comment-1405 @Di Thank you 'woman wandering'. I am a wanderer also, which draws me to your blog too. @Di
Thank you ‘woman wandering’. I am a wanderer also, which draws me to your blog too.

]]> By: Di http://manofroma.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/obsessive-engines/#comment-1404 Di Mon, 19 May 2008 09:29:39 +0000 http://manofroma.wordpress.com/?p=319#comment-1404 An interesting blog ... I stayed a while and read. Nice to find you out here in the blog world. An interesting blog … I stayed a while and read. Nice to find you out here in the blog world.

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