Bill Walker
Well-Known Member
What, in your opinion, is the most fantastic piece of music ever written ? I mean, song, passage, movement, overture, it can be anything by anybody.
Like most people I have lots that I could nominate but at the end of the day, the music I want played at my funeral is by the English composer Elgar, its a movement from his Enigma Variations called.........Nimrod.
Just by way of explanation the enigma variations was an extended peice with movements, each movement was written to describe the character of one of his friends, Nimrod (the name of a biblical hunter) was written to describe the character of A Jeager one of Elgars closest freinds.
The reason it called Enigma is because according to Elgar the whole theme is based upon a well known piece of music but he never said what it was, so its an enigma......some musicologists have cited various works but it remains a riddle.
Anyway, please have a listen (even if you dont like classical), preferably with headphones and see what you think of it.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUgoBb8m1eE[/youtube]
Like most people I have lots that I could nominate but at the end of the day, the music I want played at my funeral is by the English composer Elgar, its a movement from his Enigma Variations called.........Nimrod.
Just by way of explanation the enigma variations was an extended peice with movements, each movement was written to describe the character of one of his friends, Nimrod (the name of a biblical hunter) was written to describe the character of A Jeager one of Elgars closest freinds.
The reason it called Enigma is because according to Elgar the whole theme is based upon a well known piece of music but he never said what it was, so its an enigma......some musicologists have cited various works but it remains a riddle.
Anyway, please have a listen (even if you dont like classical), preferably with headphones and see what you think of it.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUgoBb8m1eE[/youtube]