Subtlety In Genres Loved
by Sudara
- 01. Listen To New Music 2:50
- 02. Routine 4:54
- 03. Never Look Bach 1:52
- 04. Don't Worry 3:44
- 05. I Love It A Lot 1:13
- 06. Epic Build 3:57
- 07. Is It Mars? 4:01
- 08. Jimi Beats 1:11
- 09. Lemmings 10:08
- 10. Ohne Ende 4:39
- 11. Melatonin 2:01
- 12. Did I Get Something Wrong? 1:11
- 13. All Hands 0:50
- 14. Twin Peaks 4:08
- 15. In Perfect Order 3:58
- 16. Subtlety 0:45
- 17. Quiet Before The Loud 2:21
- 18. Vulcan Gherkin 1:15
- 19. Said And Done 0:16
- 20. Triumph 6:17
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Is It Mars?
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“Est-ce Mars” (better translated to “Is it March?”) is a piece of piano music by Sweelinck (1562-1621).
Writing this, I just found out that the actual theme was written by Pierre Guédron, a French singer, in 1613.
What is fantastic here is that my great-grandfather Putnam Aldrich played this piece many decades before…
A few years ago I dug up some recordings he made. I sent them over to my piano teacher who identified this piece as something I might enjoy playing.
Long story short: the riff that starts this song (and continues through the first half) is a note-for-note lifting of my favorite part of Sweelinck’s “Est-ce Mars” variations.
Here’s my great-grandfather playing variation IV:
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