tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post1788168907691547038..comments2023-10-17T08:19:58.196-04:00Comments on FreeThinke: FreeThinkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-21528526271718466202013-05-27T12:23:15.075-04:002013-05-27T12:23:15.075-04:00Thank you for visting, Linda. I am so glad you enj...Thank you for visting, Linda. I am so glad you enjoyed Mr. Volodos' unique tribute to our country and what it stands for,FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-27087068686587558762013-05-27T10:52:28.662-04:002013-05-27T10:52:28.662-04:00Thank you! What a beautiful performance!Thank you! What a beautiful performance!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12580498957271396362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-14167956763603551252013-05-27T10:43:15.094-04:002013-05-27T10:43:15.094-04:00Volodos is a rare pianistic genius, AOW. He belong...Volodos is a rare pianistic genius, AOW. He belongs to an extremely rare group of individuals blest by God with gifts even those with high intelligence may never comprehend.<br /><br />This transcription of the Stars and Stripes Forever originated with Vladimir Horowitz, who composed it to help celebrate The Allied Victory that ended World War Two. Horowitz of course was a Russian Jew who left his native land early in the twentieth-century and came to the West where future prospects were far brighter for a person of extraordinary talent and capability. <br /><br />He loved his adopted country very much, and composed this incredible pianistic feat to show his love for and allegiance to these United States.<br /><br />Several video-recordings of Horowitz playing The Stars and Stripes Forever live at Carnegie Hall are readily available on YouTube, but unfortunately none of them show him in motion.<br /><br />I chose Volodos, because he is contemporary, still young, an even greater musical genius than Horowitz in my educated opinion, and we can see him in action. And also because I think we should find it heartening that yet-another Russian is carrying on this marvelous tradition, despite the cynicism of our times, and the dismal, corrupting influence of Rock 'n Roll's deeply injurious conquest of Western popular culture.<br /><br /><b>May God bless America and help her people, find their way back to The Upward Path.</b>FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-28971674757476748852013-05-27T07:01:53.501-04:002013-05-27T07:01:53.501-04:00A great way to start Memorial Day 2013!
Talk abou...A great way to start Memorial Day 2013!<br /><br />Talk about covering some keyboard. Wow!<br /><br />I wish that I could play "The Stars and Stripes Forever" this well. Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.com