Music for Dumbledore's Wake

[Mhochberg at aol.com]

Lee said:
Don't laugh, but since it was stated that Dd enjoyed  chamber music, seek in
the classical realms. "In Paradisium" by Faure has the  most lovely
accompaniment with lots of arpeggios that make one think of  flying...like
with a phoenix.

Of course, Bach has some somber pieces  worth exploring. And, if one wanted
to get interesting, consult the  soundtrack for, of all things, "Space,
1999." There's a piece called "The  testament of Arkadia" which starts out
very classically styled and lovely, a  bit poignant and somber, and ends with
a sort of rock styled, but not badly  done or tasteless, rather joyful
ending, which one could interpret as his  spirit flying free in phoenix form.

Then Kemper said:
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov wrote the opera The Tale of Tsar  Saltan at 
the turn of the last century. I had to look it up....

At  the end of ActIII and the magic Swan-Bird gives the little Tsar 
prince  instructions on how to chancge into an insect so that he can 
fly away to  visit his father, the Tsar, who does not know that the 
prince is alive. The  musical piece in this opera is one of the most 
recognized pieces of music  even today: Flight of the Bumblebee.

As the bumblebee flies around the  Swan-Bird, the Swan-Bird sings:

Well, now, my bumblebee, go on a  spree,
catch up with the ship on the sea,
go down secretly,
get into a  crack a little distance away.
Good luck, Gvidon, fly,
only do not stay  long!

Anyone else see the phoenix in the Swan-Bird? 

So, I hope  your wake goes well, but I believe the wake isn't 
necessary yet. Dumbledore  lives!


And now I say:
 
Thank you for the suggestions! They are just the sort of  thing I was looking 
for. While I believe the Dumbledore lives, we must keep the  pretense up. 
Since I do have friends who believe he is dead, I really see  the need for a 
wake. 
 
I wanted to do this last fall, then after the new year.  Now it looks like it 
will happen. 

 
~~~Mary
Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy  merely to be 
normal. ~Albert Camus




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