Amazingly enough, not posted by Paolo Pietropaolo. But hell, lets link there anyways.
Welcome readers to the key of E major, the Signature Series continues and as always you will have to go over to the CBC Radio 2 site to listen to the music and voice-over by Paolo Pietropaolo.
E major: Prince Charming – (by Paolo Pietropalo)
Also known as: – (Also written by Paolo Pietropalo)
The Gentleman. – (Also written by Paolo Pietropalo)
The Wide-eyed Optimist. – (Also written by Paolo Pietropalo)
E majors you might know: – (Also written by Paolo Pietropalo)
The Lone Ranger. –(Also written by Paolo Pietropalo)
Clark Kent. – (Also written by Paolo Pietropalo)
Westley from The Princess Bride. – (Also written by Paolo Pietropalo)
The notes: E – F♯- G♯ – A – B – C♯ – D♯ – E.
Number of sharps: four.
Relative minor: C-sharp minor.
What they said about E major in the 19th century: ( Also written by Paolo Pietropalo but most likely transcribed from “Historical quotes and translations from A History of Key Characteristics in the 18th and Early 19th Centuries, by Rita Steblin, UMI Research Press (1983).” – but most definitely written by Paolo Pietropalo)
“Bright and pellucid; adapted to brilliant subjects.” – William Gardiner, 1817
“Clear as a bell and joyful. Screaming, bright, burning-yellow.” – F.L. Bührlen, 1825
More E major listening: (probably Googled by Paolo Pietropalo, but such hard work should be properly attributed.)
Salut d’Amour by Edward Elgar.
“The Dance of the Hours” by Amilcare Ponchielli.
The Canadian connection:
“Out of the Game” by Rufus Wainwright.
If you missed earlier mention – the stuff in brown is written by Paolo Pietropalo.
Pictures, just to be on the safe side. Below is Paolo Pietropalo photoshopped onto a picture of with the title of the Signature Series just to make extra sure we all know that Paolo Pietropalo (and the production crew supporting him) is/are responsible for the Signature Series, definitely not ME (aka the Arbourist), host of this particular low-traffic blog.
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3 comments
October 26, 2012 at 8:25 am
jim
Domenico Scarlatti also wrote loads-o-sonatas in E major:
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November 1, 2012 at 3:48 pm
Paolo P.
Dear Arbourist,
Actually, you don’t have to go to the CBC music site to listen. You should be able to embed straight here on your blog. Here’s how. When you’re at the CBC site, click on “Share” on the Soundcloud audio. A window will slide up where you can click on “Embed code” and then you can click a box to make it WordPress friendly. Copy paste the code into your html and you should be good to go!
As I’ve said before I’m delighted you are sharing the series. I see my request for attribution has upset you, which certainly was not my intention. In fact I think I was pretty nice about it my original note.
Best wishes,
Paolo
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November 2, 2012 at 2:41 pm
The Arbourist
Thanks for stopping by Paolo and thank you for constructing an interesting and educating way of learning about and exploring classical music. I think the Signature Series is awesome and is an invaluable part of my weekend listening routine.
I was taken a little aback by your attribution request, as per the internet standard, there is no code of conduct per-say. I do try and make a habit of attributing others works because plagiarism is a rather large concern in my own field of expertise. When I quote a CBC news article, I always provide a link back to the original piece and often I use a different colour of text to differentiate the quoted text for readability. I’ve never heard from CBC about my attribution standards till you left your first message on my blog.
I’ll have to apologize for that bit of snark. I read the worst into your message and reacted poorly. On the upside though, people will definitely know now where the Signature Series is and who is responsible for the voice over and web page presence.
Actually you were. And this is not really how I envisioned interacting with CBC radio host – I hope we can proceed more amiably in the future. That being said, with the link and quoted material in a different colour will that satisfy your requirements (and of course your name, as requested)?
Thank you for your hard work and dedication to Canada’s Classical Music scene.
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