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the-letter-horror-lover · 2 years

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Mysterious

DancingShadows

Summary:

Two demon butlers, two young earls, and a mysterious family; What could possibly go wrong? Absolutely everything. What happens when Ciel, Sebastian, Alois, and Claude come face to face with The Queen's Shadow

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The rain poured down out of the clouds and onto the roof of the Blackwell Family Estate. Drenching everything caught outside. Lavinia Blackwell and her younger sister Vera were watching the rain fall from the warmth and dryness of their bed room.

"Rain is really quite dreadful, isn't it Lavinia," Vera said as she got up from watching a particular raindrop run down the glass. Her light blue ruffle and lace dress flourishing as she spun around the spacious bed room.

"Yes Vera, it really is," Lavinia's soft, yet elegant voice spoke up as she too stood up from the soft cushioned window seat, but instead of spinning around she headed towards the large wooden double doors.

With one hand on the door handle, Lavinia turned back around to Vera who had made her way around the room and back to the window seat

"Everyone should be gathered by now, Shall we head downstairs?" She questioned her younger sister. Vera nodded and stood up once again and followed her older sister out the doors.

My Butterfly

orphan_account

Summary:

Sebastian.

He's the one that got too carried away.

Notes:

You should listen to Gorecki's Symphony No. 3 while reading this. It's what I listened to while typing it.

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My Butterfly

Tanggled in a web of lies

Held captive by the spider who only wishes to destroy all your beauty

What kind of death is a death

That you should be drained of your color and youth?

What kind of death is a death

That doesn't lead out of your full potential?

You should burn brightly in death

As you have in life

Free and in the sky

Together

I should have your life

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It's simple.

Ravens eat spiders. It was a full moon outside when I killed all the servants at the Trancy Mansion. They tried to run, and leave their Lord behind, but I caught all of them, and slathered them. I crept up the stairs, so silent, with a box in my blood stained hands. Alois was sleeping, as if nothing had happened. I smiled, looking at his sweet face. Such a sad expression, even in sleep. It was this face I had seen as I left him on that night, his slender fingered hand reaching back out for me. So gently, so timidly. And he drew back and watched me leave. While he was so yearning for love, and peace, Ciel had been so full of hate. That's why I convinced him that he was the one who killed his own parents. And with that, he shot himself.

I realized, Alois wasn't happy with Claude. He had sold his soul to a demon who was incapable of fulfilling his deepest wish. Everything he wants? The only thing Alois Trancy wanted was for someone to love him. Claude would only betray him. He had to die.

"Alois." I whispered

His eyes fluttered open. It was too dark for him to see I was covered in blood. "S-sebastian? W-what are you doing here?"

"I have a gift for you." I opened the box, revealing a kimono. I had heard of the one he wore for the former Earl Trancy, the one of butterflies tangled in webs. This one had butterflies flying free in the sky, done in soft and dark blues. "Go put it on for me?"

"Where's Claude?"

"Shhh, go put it on. I want to see you in my gift."

Alois slowly rose from his bed and went to the bathroom to put it on, coming back out to me with it tied loosely at his waist.

"Beautiful." I said, pulling him by the wrist towards his mirror. I held him from behind, his waist and jaw, as I kissed his soft, white neck. He reached up to touch my face, quickly drawing his hand back to see his hand covered in the blood from my face and began to struggle in my grip. I tossed him on the bed and was quickly on top of him.

"Shh, shhh~ Don't cry, my darling butterfly. I freed you from that spider's web." I pulled his legs on either side of me, "I want to hear you sing for me again."

I quickly entered him and he tossed his beautiful head back and screamed. The sound was just so beautiful, flying off the walls. I thrust had into him to draw more of his song out as diamonds glinted on his cheeks. I leaned down and kissed each diamond. Heaving and shaking, Alois wrapped his arms around me and buried his head in my shoulder. I thrust harder and faster and he sang louder for me until I came inside him, making him groan in agony.

I leaned back to look at him, "Beautiful."

He lay so still next to my through the night. So still and silent, covering the world in his diamonds, and purple roses bloomed where I had held him.

"You are beautiful." I kept whispering to him, "I love you."

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pancakes

Love Shiro

Summary:

The most important meal of the day is always a good way to build better bonds, because who wouldn't be happy with a plate full of fluffy pancakes?

Notes:

For me, this takes place before the ship's bow.

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The rooster barely opened his eyes and was already crowing to announce the beginning of another beautiful day at the Phantomhive mansion.

The first rays of sunlight illuminated the servants' quarters, but the light still dim was not enough to illuminate the entire room and wake up its four residents.

The time to get up was at seven and by the clock it was still six. But even if he preferred to sleep a little longer, one of the servants forced himself to get up and get dressed.

In the Phantomhive manor, the first to wake up was always Sebastian because it was his duty to wake up and help the young master get dressed. The second out of bed was Chef Bardroy, as all meals must be ready before the boss even thinks about eating.

The young lord used to be woken up at 9, meaning breakfast had to be served at ten and so Bardroy always forced himself to get up before 7 to have everything ready and fresh without the risk of spoiling the meal (as he always did). But he didn't wake up early just for that reason, one of the reasons was to be able to calmly enjoy his own breakfast before making everyone else's.

As soon as he entered the kitchen, his first action was to prepare the wood for the stove, and as he added the wood and lit the fire, Bard decided what the servants' breakfast would be today. He liked that, it was the only meal that Sebastian didn't leave a stipulated, after all, as the butler said: "What the servants eat doesn't matter to the master as long as they don't get sick".

- Very good! What should I do today? Maybe something sweet to improve the mood and start the day more excited, that, I already know exactly what to do!

Bardroy opened the cupboards behind the ingredients and placed each one on the counter in the center of the kitchen. Flour, milk, eggs, salt, butter, coffee beans, oranges and a chicken.

— Tea is missing for Mr. Tanaka.

It took a while for him to remember that Mr. Tanaka's morning tea herbs weren't in the tea cupboard, but in a box on the counter in the center of the kitchen. As he went to get the box, Bardroy caught eyes with a slender, pale figure peering out of the kitchen door like a ghost.

— Aaah! — His scream startled his company who hid behind the doorframe, however his hand was still visible on the doorway — I can still see him!

That finally got his company into the kitchen, well maybe I should say "companies" because that new employee was never alone, he always had one or more of those damn snakes with him and today was no exception, but to Bardroy's relief, he was only accompanied by one.

— "Don't be so scandalous first thing in the morning!" Said Emily.

Still uncomfortable, the chef composed himself and took a deep breath so as not to be even more bothered by the presence of that snake. Bardroy took the box and turned away from the rookie. Of everyone who could wake up now, did it have to be just the snake guy?

Snake stood there, Bardroy could feel those eyes following him around the kitchen, he could imagine them watching his every move, much like a snake ready to pounce.

When the chef finally turned around to question what he wanted, Snake (or Emily) asked if he needed help with something, much to his surprise.

Bardroy hesitated. He looked at the ingredients and then at the clock on the wall and then back at Snake who seemed uninterested in actually doing anything.

“If you really want to help, you can sift the flour. Do you know how to do this? Just take this, it's called a sieve, put the flour here and beat it on top of this bowl here.

Bardroy would point to the utensils on the counter and then wait for the rookie to start. Snake might be weird, but at least he turned out to be a lot more useful and not a goof like Finny or clumsy like Mey Rin, he could do something as simple as sifting flour without making a mess. It was something. But it still bothered her to see him standing there with a venomous snake on his shoulders like it wasn't even there.

The Phantomhive chef could recognize a venomous one easily after nearly dying from them as a soldier and that was a coral snake, a pretty dangerous species to have around.

Frankly, what had happened to the boss to hire this guy? Bardroy might never have known, but if the boss did it, it's done and nothing would change moping or complaining. He would have to live with it.

— 'What's for breakfast?' Said Emily.

“Are you Emily?

— "No, I'm Emily and this is Snake, how can you mistake a lady for a man!" Said Emily.

"Okay, so can Snake speak to me as himself, my lady?"

“Emily” didn't answer.

— Okay, fuck it. The boss's cafe will be pancakes with jam for the starter, then a chicken pie with orange juice. Our coffee will only be pancakes, so I need you to sift a lot of flour. I'll take care of the pie, you can keep doing this until the flour is good. Did you understand?

A nod was her response, then silence reigned in the kitchen. An awkward silence.

Bardroy let out an annoyed groan, he really wanted to smoke right now, but it could get in the way of his taste buds when tasting something, so he stopped himself and started making the dough. He'd changed his mind on his initial plan, since he had the rookie to help him, he could let him make the pancakes while he took care of the rest himself.

As he made the dough for the pie, Bardroy tried to distract himself by imagining how pleased the boss would be to see that he'd made a perfect breakfast without burning anything in the kitchen and without Sebastian having to do anything.

Either way, you couldn't go wrong with pancakes. Maybe it was his love of the dish, but Bard could make perfect pancakes even with his eyes closed. He took twenty minutes to finish the pie crust and fill it, he left the pie ready in the fridge, he would only bake it later so it was warm before serving. With that he still had two hours left to devote to pancakes and drinks.

“Let's see, we'll have juice and coffee for the boss and chocolate for us. Damn it! — It was here that Bard remembered that he'd forgotten to get the cocoa from the pantry — Hey, newbie, are you done with the flour? If so, then get the pot ros… But what are you doing?!

Bardroy yelped when he saw that Snake had filled four bowls of flour and was filling a fifth.

— “Sieving the flour as you asked, why!” said Emily.

“This is too much, idiot!

"'You said to sift until it was good, but you didn't say how good it was,'" Emily said.

Bard blushed slightly, he hadn't really said it, but common sense, why! He took the sieve and pretended nothing happened. At least he had plenty of flour prepared.

— Enough sifting! Take the pink pot with the Cocoa label from the pantry and bring it to me.

Immediately Snake went to the pantry and brought the pot, but before handing it over he said:

— "Isn't that old?" said Emily.

- No, it's not. And even if it's a little bit, it's well closed and protected, learn one thing: cocoa is like coffee, if well kept, it lasts a long time.

— "Why don't you just drink coffee like Smile?" said Emily.

“Who is Smile?” thought Bardroy, but he ignored it, this guy was quite oblivious to the world apparently.

— It's not because you're the chef of a great noble that you can go out drinking coffee like that whenever you want, only the boss has the right to squander, the servants have to save or go hungry! Do you have any idea how expensive coffee is? If we spend too much of the groceries, it will be deducted from our pay.

Bardroy pointed his finger in Snake's face as he spoke, without realizing it, he went into a monologue about how expensive Brazilian coffee was for the working classes and that's why beer or chocolate were their best options to start the day.

Snake wasn't paying much attention to the matter, so much so that the chef had to snap his fingers in his face to get him to hear him again.

“If you have any preferences or allergies you better say now that the pots are hot, our time for coffee is over as soon as the boss finishes his.

For a moment, Snake stared at the chef before looking at the floor and “Emily” replied.

— 'Eggs,' said Emily.

— Okay, “Emily.” Then eggs. What kind of eggs? Scrambled? With salt? Something else together? Bardroy was already opening the fridge to get some extra eggs to make omelets while she waited for an answer.

— “Only eggs.” said Emily.

Bardroy was stunned, he even stopped before opening the fridge and turned to the rookie who took two steps back when he was stared at.

— What do you mean 'only eggs'? That's not healthy eating! No wonder you're so pale and skinny, sit here now, today you and your little friend are going to taste a decent breakfast!

That said, the mansion's chef turned on his flamethrower and started preparing the most important meal of the day in record time, because nothing in the world was better than a flamethrower to speed up everything in a kitchen, right?

- Here it is! The Bardroy's best breakfast menu!

Bard presented his dish with happiness and satisfaction, all done in little more than an hour with little loss in the process. As Snake didn't show much excitement, the chef decided to talk about the dish of the day, he liked to talk about his cooking, only unfortunately his usual listeners (Finny and Mey) weren't very good at listening. Snake seemed to be different in this.

— Feast your eyes on the fluffiest pancakes you'll ever taste, made with the finest quality wheat flour and topped with sugar sprinkled over honey and accompanied by hot chocolate. Make no mistake, this is a typical recipe from my country, it doesn't compare at all with the London version, American pancakes are much more appetizing. Come on, you don't have to hold back, they're easy and quick to eat, a perfect dish to start a working day right. You can eat as much as you like, I made enough for all of us and the boss. Bardroy said serving Snake with lots of pancakes.

He then sat in the chair on the other side of the counter, with his own plate well served and a steaming mug, but he didn't touch the food, he waited for the novice to taste his masterpiece.

Snake couldn't help but feel embarrassed, he hesitated as he picked up his fork, cut just a little piece of it and hesitated even more to put it in his mouth, staring at the piece.

It didn't seem right that he could eat something like that in such quantities. That dish would have been his two-month serving at the circus, before he was taken out of that cage.

He couldn't remember when the last time he ate something so different was, the most he could remember of food he'd ever tried outside of an egg was the meat of small animals that Emily occasionally gave him when they were exposed in that cage at the circus and the fresh bread that Joker used to buy for everyone in the main troupe.

The sound of fingers tapping against the wood of the counter plus Bardroy's gaze started to annoy Snake so he shoved it down his throat. He barely chewed, he seemed to fear what he would feel, but he was surprised by the taste and texture, it awakened him to a feeling he had never tasted before.

- Delicious! Snake groaned softly with the fork still in his mouth.

Bardroy was glad his food had managed to get some expression out of the novice, and then he noticed a detail.

"Was it Emily who said that just now?"

A faint shade of blue graced Snake's cheeks and it didn't go unnoticed by Bardroy, but he didn't have time to tease any further as the sound of footsteps down the hall drew his attention to the door.

"Is that pancake!?" - Finnian came running and as soon as he entered the kitchen, he sat on one of the benches next to Bard. — Woah, yeah! It's pancake with honey!

Mey Rin and Mr. Tanaka arrived shortly thereafter and also took a plate.

Employees had their coffee in peace and without clutter before the boss for the first time since he was hired. That climate surrounded by the heat of the stove and the delicious smell of chocolate plus the pancakes gave the situation such a comfortable, welcoming atmosphere.

Without anyone noticing, the rookie was smiling between mouthfuls.

Well, someone noticed, and made a mental note of what to make for Snake's breakfast from then on.

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allthebrazilianpolitics · 5 years

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#MemoryMonday - a glimpse into Brazilian history: José Maurício Nunes Garcia (1767 - 1830) | Black History Month

Ok. I know this isn’t Monday, much less the first Monday of the month, day of our Memory Monday section. But with the week-long Logoff Protest in the beginning of February, we postponed this, and, having spent much time dedicating to other stuff in the blog, we ended up deciding to skip this month altogether. Only now did my two neurons function to remember it’s Black History Month while I was updating the blog, and that if there’s one (1) month we could *never* skip it's February 🤦 (There’s also Women’s History Month in March, which is also unskippable, but you got my idea). So, to leave the section spaced out at least two-week-fold, we decided to have this delayed and out of usual date Memory Monday. We apologize for the mess we’ve made. Now, without further ado, to our Memory Monday on a Wednesday!

When we think about classical music, we mostly think about composers such as Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. If you’re a bigger nerd, you might listen to lesser-known composers such as Antonin Dvorak, Alexander Glazunov, Henryk Gorecki, and others in this wonderful iceberg meme. But regardless of your understanding of classical music, most of the composers you know and remember are probably white and European or Russian. Like everything in our history, our knowledge about classical music tends to be euro & white-centric, the contribution of people of colour erased - and like most “cult” things, classical music might be deemed as a white people thing (it’s not really your fault, it’s the world being racist as usual). So we’re here to try and contribute to your knowledge by introducing you to an awesome Afro-Brazilian classical composer! Yes, such figures exist! And he’s not even the only one ;)

José Maurício Nunes Garcia was a multi-instrumentist, composer, music teacher, regent, and catholic priest born in 1767 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Child of free mixed-race parents and grandchild of black slaves, he lost his father at an early age and was raised by his mother and her sister. When they detected his precocious inclination for music, especially his singing voice and musical ear, they struggled and succeeded in getting a family friend and relatively well-known musician from the time, Salvador José de Almeida Faria, to teach him music. He received a very solid education, not only in music but also in letters and humanities, and composed his first piece, an antiphon with gregorian chants called Tota Pulcra Es Maria, at age 16.

He worked as a music teacher in his early adulthood. He applied to priesthood in at age 24, upon which an inquiry on his good character, the “purity” of his blood, the “respectability” of his family, and his patrimony was done. His intellectual abilities and good reputation were such that he was exempted from the requirement of “clean blood”. That, together with a house donation from a friend, enabled him to be ordained for priesthood, despite his humble origins and blackness being obstacles for a successful career in an enslaver and discriminatory society. Constantly composing ever since, besides directing his church’s singers and being an organist, he gradually received such praise that he received many brotherhood commissions and was eventually hired by the Senate to play in various celebrations.

In 1808, the Portuguese Royal Family fled Europe and Napoleon Bonapart’s invasion to settle in Rio de Janeiro, where many reforms and modernizations were made and many institutions (like Brazil’s National Library, Botanic Garden, Brazilian Academy of Fine Arts, and our recently flared up National Museum) were created. Portugal’s Regent Prince Dom João VI eventually listened to performances by José Maurício, and, being rapt by what he heard, he made him the official organist and musical inspector of the Royal Chapel. Many Portuguese religious ministers, who also came with the Royal Family to Brazil, tried to get José Maurício fired for being Brazilian and black, saying the Prince should not go through “the displeasure of finding in the Royal Chapel some person with visible physical defect” (aka his dark skin). Dom João VI, however, kept the composer in his position, and arranged to him a body of musicians and singers recruited among the best in Europe, making the Royal Chapel one of the best musical institutions of America of its time and giving José Maurício some of the best conditions to his musical and intellectual growth. In 1811, Dom João VI even knighted him.

Between 1808 and 1811, José Maurício had his most productive phase in life, during which he composed around 70 pieces. It, however, came to a stop with the arrival of the Portuguese composer (and his rival) Marcos Portugal, whose fame in Europe made Dom João VI prioritize him in encomendations and direction of performances, and who systematically sabotaged and worked to push José Maurício away from Rio de Janeiro’s music scene. At the same time, he was fired from the Senate, and his financial situation declined. He spent 1812 sick and barely composing. He started a modest recovery in 1813, but his golden years would never return, and he lost his house in 1817. He pleaded for and started receiving a pension from the now king Dom João VI, allowing him to settle in a new house. Nonetheless, the king returned to Portugal in 1821 and his son Dom Pedro I declared Brazil’s independence in 1822, which was followed by an economic, political, and institutional crisis in the country. The new monarch, despite having received education from the composer, cancelled his pension, claiming financial reasons. The priest ended up closing his music school in 1822, and his production became rare afterwards. He died in 1830, at age 62, in almost absolute poverty.

He was definitely the most prolific and important Brazilian composer of his time, and over 240 of his works have survived, practically all in the sacred and vocal genres, including masses, matins, vespers, motets, antiphons, and others geared towards Catholic worship. He’s estimated to have composed between 400 and 600 works in total, most of which were lost. His production, in a transition from Barroque to Neoclassicism, showed a variety of techniques and forms and high innovations. José Mauricio was regarded as the best Brazilian representative of Germanic classicist aesthetics and as evidence that the Brazilian civilization was just as capable and in no way inferior to Europe. He was strongly influenced by composers contemporary to him such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Joseph Haydn, and showed clear affiliation with European models, which legitimized his work to the eyes of the old continent and fed national pride. He’s considered one of the biggest Brazilian composers ever; a prize to the best music educators, instituted by the National Library of Brazil in the 1950s, was named after him, and he’s the patron of the chair No. 5 of the Brazilian Academy of Music.

And, of course, you can listen to him on Spotify and YouTube, which we highly recommend you do!

Happy Black History Month!

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#jose mauricio nunes garcia #classical music #black history month #black history #brazilian history #history #music #music history #josé maurício nunes garcia #memory monday #brazil #mod nise da silveira #i think this has been my favourite memory monday so far #probably because this guy's wiki page in portuguese is surprisingly complete so it took a while to summarize his biography #either way listen to this dude he's very neat #and pls consider reblogging this post because i spent a whole afternoon on it kasjdhksajdhkajsdkasd

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hufmagazine · 7 years

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I Just Want Your Kiss, photography by Verena Voetter for HUF Magazinehttp://hufmagazine.com/i-just-want-your-kiss-photography-by-verena-voetter-for-huf-magazine/

#Alicja Gorecki #Arno Humer #Sebastian Resch #Verena Voetter

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mamusiq · 7 years

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9 Really Sad Classical Music That Will Make You Emotional Cry

By CMUSE - Mar 27, 2017

Music connects soul to the mind, emotions to the actions. All throughout the centuries, Human being has been communicating to each another through music or other art forms. Music has been depicting the vulnerable yet powerful form of emotions we all felt throughout the day, it speaks to you. Sad Classical Music has many unique spectra that solemnly touches the very core of heart and the vortex. Listening classical music can sometimes calm yourself when you couldn’t, it reveals your veiled feelings.

Sad Classical Music never really goes out of style, it’ll stay alive in as many art forms as there are to be cherished. Even so not only relates to gloomy feelings but also it stretches its chord to all sort of human expressions be it if you’re feeling romantic or groovy or relaxing. The admirer of heartbroken classical music range from a toddler to an elderly, taste is subjective and god has made us all differently with our own unique components and perspectives.

In Tokyo University of arts, one of the professors asked his 44 students to listen to happy classical music and sad classical music and then rate them all, naturally people rated sad classical music higher. Why so? Research shows that while listening to bitter music our contradictory emotions evokes as people feel good about themselves. Why? Well, this type of music is mostly disastrous, less romantic and casual so this makes us feel better about ourselves. Listening to classical music has gazillion perks and its history goes deep down and intriguing it is.

Here we’re listing down the 9 sad classical music that’ll make you feel emotional. It is an ambiguous topic, people interpret it according to their own preference.

1. Rezso Seress – Gloomy Sunday

It is still considered one of the most tragic songs to ever exist. There is one urban legend associated with this music, apparently, this is fascinating. Well, you don’t have to be that miserable, enjoy the tune and enjoy the roller coaster of life. The song has a very eerie tone to itself and the potent feeling rather depressed feeling of the author is seemingly visible. It all started on one faithful Sunday morning when the protagonist’s lover didn’t turn up for their date and the protagonist became sadden by his girlfriend and wrote this song about how much unpleasant Sundays are. This heartbroken music is definitely one time absolute listen to all.

2. Arvo Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel

If you’d like something less dramatic or saddening, then this might just work fine for you. This ballad is an absolute stunner. This nearly cover all instrumental parts. Beautifully composed, a piece of art some may say. A magnificent blend of piano and violin that’ll sooth your eardrums. This music is a bit slow in the beginning but the phase soon catches with melody, a perfect choice for relaxation. Spiegel im Spiegel means Mirror in Mirror, this song is written and composed by Arvo Pärt just before his departure from Estonia. This song has been used in many Television and even in movies.

3. Frédéric Chopin (Nocturnes)

In case you’re in a mood of some vivid sad classical music, something that could lift your spirit that you should check this masterpiece. Its excellent piano work mixed with an upbeat tune makes a heartbroken to ever jam. Frédéric Chopin was a polish composer, his area of mastery was piano and violin, and he was a virtuoso pianist. Known for his many works and some of his piece of art still able to recognize some fame in this era. Frédéric Chopin has gained a worldwide reputation for his art Nocturnes and Nocturnes is considered one of the best classical music to be ever written.

4. Saint-Saens arie My heart opens itself to your voice from Opera Samson and Delilah

If you want some opera magic that is combined with the sad tone, then this is what you ever ask for. Written and Composed by Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns, a revered pianist, composer, organist, and conductor versatile in many fields. Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns has written and composed many outstanding musics but my heart opens itself to your voice remained his top-notch work still date. My heart opens itself to your voice was originally composed in all instrumental tone but with the coming era, it got its own modern turn with a pinch of opera style. Opera is a very well-known form of art and when combined with the bitter music, one could only imagine how magnificent that could be.

4. GHEORGHIU & ALAGNA – La Bohème – Sonoandati?

You may be familiar with chef-d’oeuvre. This music has been featured in many movies till now and repeatedly merchandised as the great choice to listen when you’re feeling down. The song is composed by Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (pretty big name), he was born in Italy and has produced many stunningly composed songs and been used and cherished till now. The song was originally composed for an opera 4 act play but it gained rapid fame because of its lyrical depth and emotion.

5. Edward Elgar | Serenade for Strings

Who doesn’t love Orquesta? The music is composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, a Russian revered composer. His work is mentioned in the finest art of the romantic period. Almost all of his work is considered classic but as we’re listing sad classical music one can never resist listing Serenade for Strings in the list. The Orquesta version generates an atmosphere of trance. Gentle to eardrums, it evokes thoughts to provoke emotions. The structure and the layers of the instrumental are balanced outstandingly in this Orquesta.

6. HenrykGorecki- Symphony of Sorrowful Songs

Perhaps one of the darkest yet intriguing pieces of art one could only ever imagine thinking of. Gorecki combined a sorrow of a holocaust victim who is trapped in The Gestapo. Gorecki tried to capture an 18-year-old trying to understand why all of this is happening to her, the World War 2 was brutal and cruel indeed. Gorecki beautifully catches all of the strong emotions in one masterpiece song.

7. Rigoletto: “V’ho ingannato” (Gavanelli, Schafer)

The song was featured in an opera 3 act play from where the song quickly got its label as the great choice when your emotion is down. The play was itself a spectacular piece of fine art. This music had featured during a scene where the main protagonist Rigoletto had been given a bag where he thought to be containing his nemesis body but in turn, the bag has his daughter’s dying body. Rigoletto’s daughter has been knifed brutally and there’s no way he could save her. This music depicts the unconditional and undying love of father-daughter. The father-daughter sings this duet together melting all our heart into pieces. Written and composed by Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (why do Italian people have big names) who was born and raised in Italy and from where he created world renowned and cherished music, some of them are still considered a classic.

8. Come, Sweet Death by J.S. Bach

What a fascinating title this song has. You must be intrigued to know about this song. The song is written and composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, a German well-regarded composer, and musician. Johann’s work has many shades of textures and instrumental consistency and has rhythmic balance. He’s known for many of his work but Come, Sweet Death is what we will list today, not because of its captivating title but for its musical combination.

9. Patricia Racette: Senza mamma

There is something about opera, opera has produced many classic songs throughout the ages and it still is providing and enriching us all with magnification forms of music. We’ve covered everything from the holocaust to dying daughter’s last words, this music features a lament of a sister (church one), this opera play is a one-act play but extremely powerful indeed. This Puccini is produced and composed by Giacomo Puccini again, we mentioned him previously (see point 5). This video will connect to your soul and strike a chord to your heart.

So, here’s the list for the heartbroken classical music you must try if you are interested in. Music has no language but the music sure speaks out those unspoken words, words we’d like to be acknowledged. Hopefully, all of the above songs mentioned connects with you. If you’d like to recommend more, let us know.

http://www.cmuse.org/really-sad-classical-music/

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aegeankidsoriginal · 7 years

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Iconic Classical Music Pieces for Kids

Game 1, Game 2, Game 3, Game 4, Game 5, Game 6, Game 7, Game 8, Game 9, Game 10, Game 11, Game 12

The Hoffnung Music Academy, The Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra, The Hoffnung Maestro, and so on...

The Pink Panther in "Pink, Plunk, Plink"

Mickey Mouse: The Band Concert

Silly Symphony - Music Land

Tekfen Filar-Mini Belgeseli with Serra Yılmaz

Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony 9, 2nd movement - Daniel Barenboim/West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony 9, 4th movement, Ode to Joy (excerpt) - Franz Welser-Möst/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and New York Choral Artists (alternative - final chorus - Leonard Bernstein/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)

Richard Wagner, Ride of the Valkyries - Daniel Barenboim/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (alternative 1 - Mark Wigglesworth/National Orchestra of Wales) (alternative 3 - from Star Wars)

John Williams, Imperial March from Star Wars - Franz Welser-Möst/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (alternative - George (Jiří) Korynta/Prague Film Orchestra)

John Williams, Duel of the Fates from Star Wars (alternative 1 - Ulf Schirmer/Münchner Rundfunkorchester and Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks) (alternative 2 - Diego Navarro/Tenerife FIlm Orchestra & Choir)

George Frideric Handel, Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah - The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 1812 Overture Op 49 (excerpt) - Mark Elder/Hallé Orchestra (alternative - Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)

Edvard Grieg, In The Hall Of The Mountain King - Jacek Kaspszyk/Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Concert for Kids)

Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony 5 - Gustavo Dudamel/Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar de Venezuela (alternative - from Disney’s Fantasia 2000)

Ludwig van Beethoven, Für Elise by Georgii Cherkin - Grigor Palikarov/Classic FM Orchestra

Johann Sebastian Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Hans-André Stamm (alternative - performer is unknown)

Johann Pachelbel, Canon in D major - Adrian Leaper/Orquesta Sinfónica de RTVE (alternative by San Francisco Early Music Ensemble Voices of Music)

Antonio Vivaldi, Four Seasons - violin by Alexandra Conunova - Orchestre International de Genève (alternative 1 - violin by Fabio Biondi - Europa Galante) (alternative 2, Summer) (alternative 3, Presto from Summer) (alternative 4, Winter) - all by Mari Silje Samuelsen (alternative 5, Spring, 1st movement - Ashot Tigranyan/Classical Concert Chamber Orchestra) (alternative 6, Autumn - Frederieke Saeijs/Netherlands Symphony Orchestra)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, 1st movement - David Grimal/Les Dissonances (alternative by Gewandhaus Quartet) (KV 525 by Gewandhaus Quartet again)

Gioachino Rossini, Barber of Seville - Andrés Orozco-Estrada/Tonkünstler Orchestra

Samuel Barber, Adagio for Strings - Michael Neumann/Folsom Lake Symphony Orchestra (alternative by DJ Tiesto)

Carl Orff, Carmina Burana - Shin-ik Hahm/KBS Symphony Orchestra

Richard Wagner, Here Comes the Bride by Randy Dunn (alternative by String Quartet)

Richard Strauss, Also sprach Zarathustra (excerpt) - Gustavo Dudamel/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (alternative - 2001 A Space Odyssey opening by Stanley Kubrick)

Gioachino Rossini, Overture to William Tell (excerpt) - Edo de Waart/Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony 25, 1st movement - Leonard Bernstein/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Richard Strauss, Blue Danube Waltz - Franz Welser-Möst/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (alternative - André Rie/Johann Strauss Orchestra)

George Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue - from Disney’s Fantasia 2000 (alternative by Lang Lang - Christian Thielemann/Staatskapelle Dresden Orchestra)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker, Op 71 by New York City Ballet (alternative)

Christian Petzold, Minuet in G major - not Bach

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ave verum corpus K. 618 by King's College Cambridge

Jean Sibelius, Finlandia - from Wild Scandinavia

Gustav Holst, Mars and Jupiter - Bruce Engel/Stony Brook Wind Ensemble

Giacomo Puccini, Nessun Dorma by Pavarotti (alternative)

Ruggero Leoncavallo - Vesti la giubba by Pavarotti

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sleeping Beauty Suit - from Disney (alternative)

Johann Strauss, Radetzky March - Daniel Barenboim/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 2014 (alternative 1 - Herbert Von Karajan/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 1987) (alternative 2 - Zubin Mehta/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 1999) (alternative 3 - Franz Welser-Möst/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 2011) (alternative 4 - Mariss Jansons/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 2016) (alternative 5 - Gustavo Dudamel/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 2017) - from all the best conductors.

Ludwig van Beethoven, Moonlight Sonata by Valentina Lisitsa

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony 40 - Frans Brüggen/Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet Overture - Valery Gergiev/London Symphony Orchestra

Johann Sebastian Bach, St. Matthew's Passion - opening and final - Dan-Olof Stenlund/Malmö Chamber Choir and Orchestra

Jacques Offenbach, Can Can from Orpheus in the Underworld - Nejc Bečan/Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra

Claude Debussy, Clair de Lune by Kathia Buniatishvili (alternative 1 by Angela Hewitt) (alternative 2 - Jean-Christophe Spinosi/Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) (alternative 3 - violin by Mari Lee - piano by Dina Vainshtein)

John Philip Sousa, Stars and Stripes Forever by United States Marine Band

Hector Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique - Mariss Jansons/Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (alternative 1 - Colin Davis/London Symphony Orchestra) (alternative 2, 5th movement - Leonard Bernstein/Orchestre National de France)

Frédéric Chopin, Etude Op 25 No. 9 by Valentina Lisitsa

Johann Sebastian Bach, Cello Suite No. 1 in G major by Mischa Maisky

Franz Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 by Lang Lang

Giuseppe Verdi, La Traviata by Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, and José Carreras (alternative by Joan Sutherland and Pavarotti)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major K. 467 by Yeol Eum Son - Alexei Utkin/Moscow Chamber Orchestra (alternative - Daniel Barenboim/English Chamber Orchestra)

Johannes Brahms, Hungarian Dance No. 5 - Henry Shek/Hungarian Symphony Orchestra

Johann Strauss, Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka - Zubin Mehta/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Johann Strauss, Annen-Polka - Zubin Mehta/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Fritz Kreisler, Liebesleid - violin by David Oistrakh (alternative 1 - violin by Kowoon Yang - piano by Chiharu Aizawa) (alternative 2 - violin by Anne Akiko Meyers - piano by Reiko Uchida)

Georges Bizet, Carmen Overture (excerpt) - James Levine/Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (alternative by Anna Caterina Antonacci/Royal Opera House)

Giuseppe Verdi, Triumphal (Grand) March from Aida - James Levine/Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (alternative - Luis Antonio García Navarro/San Francisco Opera Orchestra - starring Luciano Pavarotti)

Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 3 Poco Allegretto, 3rd movement - Hun-Jung Lim/SNU Symphony Orchestra (alternative - Leonard Bernstein/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)

Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, The Tempest, 3rd movement by Wilhelm Kempff (alternative by Daniel Barenboim)

Johann Sebastian Bach, Chaconne in D minor - violin solo by Isaac Stern (alternative 1 - violin solo by Lana Trotovsek) (alternative 2 by Sarah Chang - David Newman/American Youth Symphony Orchestra)

Antonín Dvořák, Rusalka, O Lovely Silver Moon by Anna Netrebko (alternative)

Dmitri Shostakovich, Waltz No. 2 - violin by André Rieu (alternative 1 - from Anna Karenina) (alternative 2) (alternative 3)

Frédéric Chopin, Prelude in E minor Op 28 No. 4 by Eric Lu (alternative 1 by Khatia Buniatishvili) (alternative 2 by Alon Goldstein)

Erik Satie, Gymnopédies No. 1 - cello solo by Cristina Nadal (alternative 1 - violin by Mimosa Duo - guitar by Morgan Haselden) (alternative 2 - cello by Jackie Baxter - guitar by Iain Coleman) (alternative 3 - violin by Tim Hughes - harp by Abigail Sliva) (alternative 4 - viola by Grigory Tsyganov - harp by Yulia Komarova) (alternative 5 - harp solo by Alexandra King) (alternative 6 - transcribed/orchestrated by Debussy - Eric Hammerstein/London Promenade Orchestra) (alternative 7 - transcribed/orchestrated by Debussy - violoncelle by Ophélie Gaillard - Tim Redmond/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)

Niccolò Paganini, Caprice No. 24 - violin solo by Julia Fischer (alternative - violin solo by Alexander Markov)

Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony 7, Allegretto, 2nd movement - Leonard Bernstein/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (alternative - Zubin Mehta/Israel Philharmonic Orchestra)

Frédéric Chopin, Valse Op. 64. No 1, Minute Waltz by Valentina Lisitsa

Frédéric Chopin, Valse Op. 64. No 2, Waltz in C sharp minor by Valentina Lisitsa

La Folia - violin by Miho Hakamata - piano by Alan Brown

In memory to Red Army Choir (aka Alexandrov Ensemble)

Bella Ciao by Russian Military Choir

Mahler - Symphony No. 2 ('Resurrection')

Brahms - Symphony No. 4

Mozart - Symphony No. 41

Gorecki - Symphony No. 3 ('Symphony of Sorrowful Songs')

Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5

Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 ('Choral')

Dvořák - Symphony No. 9 ('From The New World')

Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 ('Pathetique')

Rachmaninov - Symphony No. 2

Beethoven: Symphonies No. 5 & 7. Carlos Kleiber, Vienna Philharmonic (DG)

Bruckner: Symphony 4. Günter Wand. Berlin Philharmonic (RCA)

Dvořák: Symphonies No. 8 & 9. Rafael Kubelík, Berlin Philharmonic (DG)

Mahler: Symphony No. 7. Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic (DG)

Mahler: Symphony No. 9. Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic (DG)

Rimsky-Korsakov: “Scheherazade.” Sir Thomas Beecham, Royal Philharmonic (EMI)

Stravinsky: “Le Sacre du Printemps.” Pierre Boulez, Cleveland Orchestra (Sony)

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5. Serge Koussevitzky, Boston Symphony (EMI; with other works conducted by Koussevitzky)

Strauss: “Ein Heldenleben.” Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony (BMG)

Ref:

http://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/latest/best-symphony/#sP5pqU47SPzOV2rA.97

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/ten-perfect-orchestral-recordings

http://watchmojo.com/suggest/Top%2010%20Iconic%20Classical%20Music%20Pieces

https://www.google.com.tr/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=Warsaw+Philharmonic+Orchestra+Concert+for+Kids&tbm=vid

http://www.letsplaykidsmusic.com/14-best-classical-music-tracks-for-kids/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3K5oLg-Fq4

https://twitter.com/EmMartinEdenrah/status/661999626900344832

http://nyconcertreview.com/tag/yeol-eum-son/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Tchaikovsky_Competition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FeUN9aXbpY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDKssCu9Dds

https://www.youtube.com/user/FilharmoniaNarodowa/search?query=Concert+for+Kids

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1uvnuQkmUU

https://www.youtube.com/user/TheWickedNorth

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