I have all sorts of mixed feelings about this piece, some arising from the music itself, others emerging from a web of personal associations, passions, and uncertainties.

Is this great music or something more like an elaborate firework display? Does this question even have a sensible answer?

Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 'Organ Symphony' | Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra & Iveta Apkalna
https://youtu.be/BJJs_yw--zk?si=bwqoPqWQuyW5oDni

#SaintSaëns #OrganSymphony #Symphony #RomanticMusic #FrenchMusic #19thCenturyMusic #Organ

WILLIAM VINCENT WALLACE
"THE NIGHT WINDS" FROM THE OPERA, LURLINE
ROSEMARY TUCK, PIANO
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WV Wallace: The Night Winds - Lurline - Rosemary Tuck
Rosemary Tuck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtiK_46q3zY

My own copy of "The Night Winds" is a studio performance by Rosemary Tuck. For a little more information about the album it is from, follow Mastodon's WilliamVincentWallace hashtag.

Though William Vincent Wallace is remembered mainly as an opera composer, he wrote music for popular songs, he was considered to be the greatest violinist in the United States in his time, and he was said to be about equally gifted on piano.

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#19thcenturymusic #americanhistory #americanmusic #americanmusichistory #lurline #lurlineopera #musichistory #musicnews #nightwinds #thenightwinds #vincentwallace #williamvincentwallace

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#tbt: "Green Corn Jig," or "Buckley's Jig" from Jas. Buckley's New Banjo Method of 1860, recorded 7 years ago.  

https://peertube.social/videos/watch/695d5cce-7807-4ff6-89ed-4cd4d3a8adf8

#mastomusic #banjo #earlybanjo #fretlessbanjo #video #music #musiciansofmastodon #historicmusic #19thcenturymusic

This is Cupid's Dream Waltz from the 'guitar style' section of Frank Converse's "New and Complete Method for the Banjo With or Without a Master" of 1865, played on a slightly more modern banjo at concert pitch.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBUCA12RTpY

#banjo #mastomusic #musiciansofmastodon #magicianssociety #19thcenturymusic #historicmusic #oldmusic #acousticmusic