{"id":5202,"date":"2024-03-20T13:11:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T20:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/?p=5202"},"modified":"2024-03-20T13:15:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T20:15:34","slug":"playlist-classical-triumph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/?p=5202","title":{"rendered":"Playlist: Classical Triumph"},"content":{"rendered":"

I like happy endings. If you\u2019ve read any of my fiction, you know that I write them. Bummers are popular in literary fiction, and were when I got my liberal arts education fifty years ago. (This is why I don\u2019t write literary fiction. That shoe just don\u2019t fit.) But this applies to music as well as fiction. The three characteristics I look for in music are these: Melody<\/em>, Harmony<\/em>, and Energy<\/em>. I\u2019ve enjoyed an occasional sad song (like \u201cThe Parting Glass\u201d) for various reasons, but if a sad song has none of those three characteristics, I won\u2019t buy it\u2014and if there\u2019s a skip button, my index finger finds it at some significant fraction of c.<\/p>\n

Energy is the one I get the most pushback about. Who doesn\u2019t like a peaceful tinkling Mozart piano piece? Well, if I can\u2019t hum it\u2026me. I have always used music to rev me up and break me out of blocks in my thinking or especially my writing. Energy in music is a very<\/em> big thing for me.<\/p>\n

So in today\u2019s entry I present a playlist of some classical pieces that carry a special grip on my imagination: the music of triumph<\/em>. No gentle fade at the end. Uh-uh. I want a musical explosion that makes me want to stand up and cheer. Yes, I\u2019m that kind of screwball. If you didn\u2019t know that already, well, this playlist will make it abundantly clear. <\/p>\n

All links are to performances on YouTube. There are many others available.<\/p>\n