German Healing Music~~

GySgt1811 · 02-16-2014, 07:31 PM

Eric, thanks for the beautiful remembrance; and, Herr Sieger, you are correct of course, it is Austrian, Austro-Hungarian.

To me, the most dramatic time I heard the "Blue Danube" was when Stanley Kubrick used it to background the TWA Trans orbital ship match trajectories with the space station landing dock. Somehow, it was perfect and gave both the Science and the Music new grandeur.

Thanks, again,

Gunny

PS. With mixed emotions we note the end of that gracious era with the assignations of July, 1914 and the beginning of the slaughter in August; one hundred years ago this summer. This past Spring I was giving a guest lecture to a '30's something class of seminarians, who all hold various undergraduate degrees. As my lecture traced and commented upon Biblical references to horses and chariotry in the Ancient Near East, I made passing reference to wheeled warfare in the Sinai through the centuries. I mentioned the example of "Rolls-Royce" in 1916. I received nothing but blank stares. So I asked the class, "What world changing event began in August of 1914." No one, out of 35 students, knew the answer. Later, my mentor and the prof of the class, smiled lamely about it and said, "John, you and I are just dinosaurs."

Hell, I'm going to listen again.

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02-16-2014, 07:31 PM	#3
GySgt1811 Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 237 Thanks: 1,238 Thanked 126 Times in 84 Posts	Eric, thanks for the beautiful remembrance; and, Herr Sieger, you are correct of course, it is Austrian, Austro-Hungarian. To me, the most dramatic time I heard the "Blue Danube" was when Stanley Kubrick used it to background the TWA Trans orbital ship match trajectories with the space station landing dock. Somehow, it was perfect and gave both the Science and the Music new grandeur. Thanks, again, Gunny PS. With mixed emotions we note the end of that gracious era with the assignations of July, 1914 and the beginning of the slaughter in August; one hundred years ago this summer. This past Spring I was giving a guest lecture to a '30's something class of seminarians, who all hold various undergraduate degrees. As my lecture traced and commented upon Biblical references to horses and chariotry in the Ancient Near East, I made passing reference to wheeled warfare in the Sinai through the centuries. I mentioned the example of "Rolls-Royce" in 1916. I received nothing but blank stares. So I asked the class, "What world changing event began in August of 1914." No one, out of 35 students, knew the answer. Later, my mentor and the prof of the class, smiled lamely about it and said, "John, you and I are just dinosaurs." Hell, I'm going to listen again.