tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post116250306753920927..comments2024-03-23T11:40:13.092-05:00Comments on Musical Assumptions: Four Greek MythsElaine Finehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14248422399226824168noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-1162582358095611422006-11-03T13:32:00.000-06:002006-11-03T13:32:00.000-06:00In the first piece the contrabassoon represents th...In the first piece the contrabassoon represents the character of Hades, the god of the underworld, and the upper voices of the piano represent Persephone, a young girl he fancies who lives on the earth. This is the kind of programmatic writing that works really well for contrabassoon. When it comes to being huge and imposing, nothing else does what the contrabassoon can do.Elaine Finehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248422399226824168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-1162579007688013712006-11-03T12:36:00.000-06:002006-11-03T12:36:00.000-06:00Wow, that's cool. The contrabassoon sounds like s...Wow, that's cool. The contrabassoon sounds like some huge imposing animal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com