The second song from the cycle Watching the Perseids is Cat's Cradle, an elegy for a much-loved pet. The poem is by Peter Scupham:

A cradle made of string
   For hands to ply and plait,
Teasing a see-saw thread
   For one old journeying cat.

We swung him down the night,
   Mewed in his wicker ark;
His dancing eyes lit up
   The soundless dews and dark.

Summers of goose-grass led
   Down paths we had not made
To nests of tabby gloom,
   Soft play of sun and shade.

Long absence held our breath;
   The house grew wide and bare
Until he called us home.
   I cut out of cold air

   His face with its sharp loook,
His fur grown stray and dim-
   For these long miles of sleep,
Let the earth cradle him.

Cat's Cradle

"Tower of Fear" Lyrics and music
by Linda Straub

Tower of Fear 

High up on that fire tower,
where gusty crosswinds blow,
I sat frozen clutching rusty rails,
watching you so far below. 

You asked me to come down,
I begged you to ascend. 
I needed help to let go--
to trust in love once again. 

Step over step you climbed,
and took my hands in yours;
I felt all fright slowly unwind
as it never had before.

When at last we reached the ground, 
my heart found its natural rhythm.
You held me tightly in your arms
where all fear was overridden. 

I raised my eyes up to that tower,
and tears of relief began to swell.
Never again would I climb so high
as into your loving arms I finally fell.









Tower of Fear (Original Song) by-

Saxophone: Agnieszka Nawrat
Piano: Nick Mateo
Sound Engineer: The Cyanist

Sway feat. Agnieszka Nawrat (Remastered)

This was partly influenced by the amazing songs written for the television show Lost by Michael Giacchino.

Lost Without You

INDIAN SUMMER // A Wonderful Relaxing Season

Another collaboration together with DocFritz/OESJ: 

https://soundcloud.com/docfritz // Additional Soundscapes, Percussion, Mix & Production
https://soundcloud.com/rock-flexible // Pipe, Clarineau, Irish Whistle, Disharmonica, Hurdy Gurdy, Kalimba, Ukulele, Cister,
Talharpa & JawHarp

© 2023 // OESJ // DocFritz // Frank Luge // All Rights Reserved

INDIAN SUMMER - OESJ ft. Rock Flexible

A sing-along version with John Erwin's lyrics for teaching early 20th century US primary school pupils about Columbus' voyages to the western hemisphere -- primarily extolling his maritime achievements -- is available at: www.soundslice.com/slices/p3nyc/.

For midi, musicxml, braille, a piano-only version, a scan of the original musical document, and additional information, visit the Internet Archive at: archive.org/details/140folksongsrote00unse.161.omr.

"Columbus Day" is item number 137 in "140 Folk-Songs for Grades I, II and III, Volume 7" (1922) . We scanned the page and extracted the music using OMR and output the result as musicxml. We divided the musicxml file into several MIDI tracks and produced it to evoke Italian maritime folk.

Many of the musical selections in "140 Folk Songs" celebrate holidays and seasons. In the US, Columbus Day commemorates the expedition's landfall in the Bahamas on October 12, 1492. Because Columbus was Italian, the holiday also has significance for Italian-Americans, a fact reinforced by the selection of this charming Italian folk-melody.

Due to a re-examination of the legacy of colonialism, the celebration of Columbus Day has declined in the US since the late 20th century. It's been partially supplanted by Indigenous People's Day.  In Latinoamérica the broader re-examination of colonialism has become linked to this anniversary -- for example in Venezuela it's now known as "Día de la Resistencia Indígena". Throughout the world, the effects of the "Columbian Exchange" continue to be the subject of lively debate. It's a sensitive subject and our small contribution to this discussion is intended only to provide a look back at how US school children learned about these momentous events more than a century ago.

Produced by @MLucas. 

Image based on "Spanish Caravel Santa Maria" by Edward H. Hart, Detroit Publishing Co., (1907), Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016806376/.

Public Domain. No Rights Reserved.

Columbus Day

Wer dem Himmel gehorcht, besteht;
wer dem Himmel widersteht, vergeht.

He who obeys heaven endures;
he who resists heaven will perish.

Heaven Is You (orchestrated version)

From my new EP Songs The Night Bird Taught Me, which was inspired by the bittersweet, solitary sound-world of the nocturnal. I hope to take the listener on a journey through starlit waking dreams, inside the liminal world that hums between moonset and sunrise.

Songs The Night Bird Taught Me

Awake

Awake #PianoDay2024

Stranger

Jazz Fusión (from Málaga (Spain)) -> RECOMMEND USING HEADPHONES

Por La Gloria De Mi Mare

Fragile | Till Indy

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Columbus Day

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