{"id":2573,"date":"2020-09-10T01:30:37","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T05:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=2573"},"modified":"2020-09-10T01:30:37","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T05:30:37","slug":"a-suitable-musical-tribute-to-this-very-odd-year-of-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=2573","title":{"rendered":"A suitable musical tribute to this very odd year of 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-contents=\"true\">\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"95pfq\" data-offset-key=\"3hkda-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"3hkda-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"3hkda-0-0\">My attention was drawn to an image titled 2020: The Musical. Just looking at the sheet music, I felt it was a fitting theme for this challenging year of 2020. <\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"3hkda-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"3hkda-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"3hkda-0-0\">The actual title of the piece is Faerie&#8217;s Aire and Death Waltz by John Stump <\/span><span data-offset-key=\"3hkda-0-0\">written in 2010. This almost unplayable viral composition is actually a musical joke by a very talented composer with a twisted sense of humor. <\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"3hkda-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"3hkda-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"3hkda-0-0\">If you look at the sheet <\/span><span data-offset-key=\"3hkda-0-0\">music you will see that the real story is in the annotations and it is hard to believe that any group could perform it. However, where there is a challenge, someone will usually find a way to meet it, and you can see a video of a group performing Faerie&#8217;s Aire and Death Waltz and following the annotations almost to the letter here. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/sCgT94A7WgI\"><span class=\"py34i1dx\"><span data-offset-key=\"3hkda-1-0\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/sCgT94A7WgI<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"95pfq\" data-offset-key=\"b3vd-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"b3vd-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"b3vd-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"95pfq\" data-offset-key=\"bcv04-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"bcv04-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"bcv04-0-0\">For maximum enjoyment, grab a beverage and read the annotations while watching the video.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2576\" src=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2020-THE-MUSICAL-with-full-annotation-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"1228\" srcset=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2020-THE-MUSICAL-with-full-annotation-1.jpg 788w, http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2020-THE-MUSICAL-with-full-annotation-1-193x300.jpg 193w, http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2020-THE-MUSICAL-with-full-annotation-1-768x1197.jpg 768w, http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2020-THE-MUSICAL-with-full-annotation-1-657x1024.jpg 657w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My attention was drawn to an image titled 2020: The Musical. Just looking at the sheet music, I felt it was a fitting theme for this challenging year of 2020. The actual title of the piece is Faerie&#8217;s Aire and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=2573\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1824,1868],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3R4iK-Fv","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2573"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2577,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573\/revisions\/2577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}