Comments on: A Lesson in Music http://markbussey.com/2010/04/a-lesson-in-music/ Classical Guitar, playing out, and other musings about art in life Fri, 31 Dec 2010 08:12:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Rachel Fox http://markbussey.com/2010/04/a-lesson-in-music/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Rachel Fox Fri, 31 Dec 2010 08:12:22 +0000 http://markbussey.com/?p=227#comment-151 Hello Thanks for posting this poem. I have just been reading some Reid (...) and have linked to this page. Hello
Thanks for posting this poem. I have just been reading some Reid (…) and have linked to this page.

]]> By: mhb http://markbussey.com/2010/04/a-lesson-in-music/comment-page-1/#comment-105 mhb Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:57:26 +0000 http://markbussey.com/?p=227#comment-105 I think a recording the poem read by Reid is available on a CD titled "Child's Song" by Alastair Reid and Bill Crofut. I think a recording the poem read by Reid is available on a CD titled “Child’s Song” by Alastair Reid and Bill Crofut.

]]> By: Sharon http://markbussey.com/2010/04/a-lesson-in-music/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Sharon Sat, 10 Apr 2010 15:13:36 +0000 http://markbussey.com/?p=227#comment-104 Thanks for this. I was actually looking for a recording of Alastair reciting or reading his poem. I've heard it a couple times on our classical station and it's sublime. Anyone know if it's available? I'd like to give it to my daughters. Thanks for this. I was actually looking for a recording of Alastair reciting or reading his poem. I’ve heard it a couple times on our classical station and it’s sublime. Anyone know if it’s available?
I’d like to give it to my daughters.

]]> By: Beth http://markbussey.com/2010/04/a-lesson-in-music/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Beth Wed, 07 Apr 2010 01:20:38 +0000 http://markbussey.com/?p=227#comment-102 I like investigation. And yes, I think gloom indeed adds to the reading. A gloom can be a twilight, or a gloaming, and though it tends to add a more somber tone, and perhaps indicates that the piece the poet is repeating might be one in a minor key, it adds a depth to our sense of the practice he's writing about. And I love your comment about experiencing both the sound and the silence. BE. HERE. NOW. I like investigation. And yes, I think gloom indeed adds to the reading. A gloom can be a twilight, or a gloaming, and though it tends to add a more somber tone, and perhaps indicates that the piece the poet is repeating might be one in a minor key, it adds a depth to our sense of the practice he’s writing about. And I love your comment about experiencing both the sound and the silence. BE. HERE. NOW.

]]> By: Mark http://markbussey.com/2010/04/a-lesson-in-music/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Mark Wed, 07 Apr 2010 01:05:57 +0000 http://markbussey.com/?p=227#comment-100 Checked all my sources and "glooms" is the right word. Seems strange for a word that usually has negative associations, but thats probably why we need poets - to make us think on subtlety and broaden our associations. He seems to be asking us to experience both the sound and the silence the music brings. Checked all my sources and “glooms” is the right word. Seems strange for a word that usually has negative associations, but thats probably why we need poets – to make us think on subtlety and broaden our associations. He seems to be asking us to experience both the sound and the silence the music brings.

]]> By: Beth http://markbussey.com/2010/04/a-lesson-in-music/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Beth Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:38:24 +0000 http://markbussey.com/?p=227#comment-98 I love it too! (one question, is the last line "gloom" over or "loom" over? ^_^ Here's a wonderful blessing/poem from John O'Donahue. A poem trade! http://www.panhala.net/Archive/A_Blessing.html I love it too!
(one question, is the last line “gloom” over or “loom” over? ^_^

Here’s a wonderful blessing/poem from John O’Donahue. A poem trade!
http://www.panhala.net/Archive/A_Blessing.html

]]> By: Stirling http://markbussey.com/2010/04/a-lesson-in-music/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Stirling Sat, 03 Apr 2010 14:06:40 +0000 http://markbussey.com/?p=227#comment-97 This is wonderful - speaks to more than just musicians. This is wonderful – speaks to more than just musicians.

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