Thank you thank you thank you! This mix tape is like manna from heaven for me. Despite being a complete organ obsessive, Tournemire is a composer I’ve only come across recently. Discovering his music has been something of a revelation for me – it’s so utterly unlike the music of his contemporaries. Why it remains so unknown is a mystery. There’s nothing ‘difficult’ or off-putting about it – it is radiantly, ecstatically beautiful. BTW, the Fraunberger is one of the most astonishing/terrifying/downright bizarre things I’ve ever heard – and I love it!
Chris LApril 3, 2017 • 05:56 - 05:56
I did think that there’d be one fellow reader of this blog whom this post would make extremely happy, Dan…!
Dan JCApril 3, 2017 • 15:10 - 15:10
@Chris L – Hello again! We seem to be bumping into each other all over the internet these days.
@5:4 – Thanks for the link. I’d really love to know what exactly Fraunberger does to those instruments to make them sound like that (although I’m guessing it’s not pretty…)
5:4April 3, 2017 • 08:41 - 08:41
Better a late disciple of Tournemire than never being one, Dan! The neglect of his music is totally baffling – and it applies musicologically too, with virtually no books/critical studies of his output. Very weird. You can dive even deeper into Stefan Fraunberger’s discombobulating soundworld here: https://stefanfraunberger.bandcamp.com/
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Thank you thank you thank you! This mix tape is like manna from heaven for me. Despite being a complete organ obsessive, Tournemire is a composer I’ve only come across recently. Discovering his music has been something of a revelation for me – it’s so utterly unlike the music of his contemporaries. Why it remains so unknown is a mystery. There’s nothing ‘difficult’ or off-putting about it – it is radiantly, ecstatically beautiful. BTW, the Fraunberger is one of the most astonishing/terrifying/downright bizarre things I’ve ever heard – and I love it!
I did think that there’d be one fellow reader of this blog whom this post would make extremely happy, Dan…!
@Chris L – Hello again! We seem to be bumping into each other all over the internet these days.
@5:4 – Thanks for the link. I’d really love to know what exactly Fraunberger does to those instruments to make them sound like that (although I’m guessing it’s not pretty…)
Better a late disciple of Tournemire than never being one, Dan! The neglect of his music is totally baffling – and it applies musicologically too, with virtually no books/critical studies of his output. Very weird. You can dive even deeper into Stefan Fraunberger’s discombobulating soundworld here: https://stefanfraunberger.bandcamp.com/
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