1 III SYMFONIA - dedykowany mojej żonie

Giuseppe Verdi - Overture from La Forza del Destino (1869)
Conductor - Abel Rocha
Orquestra Sinfônica de Santo Andre
Live recording - Teatro Sérgio Cardoso, São Paulo, SP, Brazil - March 27 2022
Illustration - Édouard Manet

Giuseppe Verdi - Overture from La Forza del Destino - São Paulo - 2025

The key to understanding today’s #MusicalMinute can be found in ‘Clattering Chatter’ posted on the 17th.  Both tracks share PCS 7-z38, but this latest version sees Pareto’s influence with the notes in the woodwind growing progressively more abundant.  Can you hear the changes happen?  What do you think?

26 Aug 25 Data Flood

Written and performed by Wheelman Getaway-Driver and Neli CoKo.
Bremen, 2/2020, all rights reserved.

Rabbit Hole

『荒廃した世界 ~Devastated World~』
作曲 / Papyrusたくや

【Music Video】
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWJagjIIyEQ

荒廃した世界 ~Devastated World~

Who´s gonna light up the pier when I'm gone
gonna fight out the dark when alone

All these feelings overwhelming me
like waves pulling me back to the sea

why is this peace too hard to find
Im feeling left behind

Put out your hand one for me to hold
start a fire to keep me from the cold

Whos gonna light up the pier when I'm gone
gonna fight out the dark when alone

when I'm gone
when I'm gone
when I'm gone

When Im gone

The Pier

Eklektikos - The Colloquy
August 2020
Duration: 2:55
Artwork: John-Marc Ventimiglia
Part of the Playlist: https://soundcloud.com/bruce-klepper-1/sets/ekleltikos-triptych

Eclecticism was first reported to have been practiced by a group of ancient Greek and Roman philosophers who attached themselves to no real system, but selected from existing philosophical beliefs those doctrines that seemed most reasonable to them. Out of this collected material they constructed their new system of philosophy.  The term eclecticism comes from the Greek ἐκλεκτικός (eklektikos), literally "choosing the best".  Colloquy is defined as a gathering for discussion.  

The music of "Eklektikos" brings together the instruments and rhythms of many diverse cultures to create a unique world music.

For Tuned Water drums, Alpine Zither, Shakuhachi, Darbuka, Koto, Morin Khuur, Rako Bowls, strings, flute and percusssion

Eklektikos - The Colloquy

“Gordian Suite - Eleven Knots for String Orchestra” was completed in September, 2020 in Fairview, TX. 

Mastering performed by eMastered.com. See other eMastered works by the composer at eMastered.com/profile/robtjbrooks.

Printed scores and parts are available from the composer. 

The work consists of eleven “knots” or sections progressing from one to the next without pause. 

Performance time is about 17 1/4 minutes. 

Gordian Suite is based on the composer’s “Piano Sonata No. 5: Toccata Brillante."

If your organization is interested in premiering this work please contact the composer via SoundCloud messaging.

Gordian Suite - Eleven Knots for String Orchestra (mastered by eMastered.com)

This is a song off of Volume 2 of That Old Time Americana which you can listen to in its entirety on Spotify at: https://open.spotify.com/artist/170Dmo9QlaMn62XbwR7Q5s?si=jrKd5mR8QWOU8_aiY-o9lg

This song is about people that hold extreme biases against the lifestyles of other groups of people. The lyrics delve into the isolation and hypocrisy that breeds these biases generationally. There are detrimental costs associated with this thinking.

Lyrics:
Reasoned away the prodigy lying about responsibility breathing down my sweaty neck loading aces in the deck
day light was never there
patience was never shared
bone dry like a lonely dawn
sparking life within in a yawn
time out to hesitate
pleasure to ride and fluctuate
Don't you know the prairie life breeds fear and loathing and lack of spice
scared of your shadow some ghostly matter
voting to deny others human rights
Daddy's a liar but Grandpa's dead
They hated each other for the anger they fed
Breaking away is what the young all do
But eventually they will come back to you.
day light was never there
patience was never shared
bone dry like a lonely dawn
sparking life within in a yawn
time out to hesitate
pleasure to ride and fluctuate
Should we rise or sit back and wait
while the dumbass teacher demonstrates
Moving off to another state
never able to self-deprecate
seriously though you have to stop
before we have to call the cops
Many have said you aren't our kind
staying up late and mixing wine
Been all day wasn't kind
Waiting for the call to say it's fine.

The Prarie Life

If gravity is the only thing
That keeps you from leaving me
You’ve got to find your wings
And learn to fly

I’ll find comfort in these things
The things you have taught me
And search for forgiveness
In what you leave behind

So leave me your courage
Your strength and your wisdom
This precious sorrow
These tender tears

The strength of a lion
The love of a lamb
I feel it around me
All through the years

There’s so much that I regret
Those unkind words I said
Were born from frustration
And not from my heart

I know there will be peace
The sadness will be released
I’ll put back together
What’s torn all apart

Life is a mystery
Who knows what the world will bring
But I know you’re beside
When I’m ready to start

Gravity

Cyclope L'antenne Géante - La Force De Frappe
Free DL https://bandcamp.com/download?id=814690689&ts=1604167765.1243842766&tsig=fedce831828d5f71cbdf045af51bfe9c&type=track
 Jacques Blamont, 1er directeur scientifique et technique du CNES à partir de 1962 :
Le général de Gaulle avait comme objectif principal de sa politique l'établissement de la France comme une puissance, une des puissances dirigeante du monde, et pour cela il avait besoin de "La Force De Frappe"
Il lui fallait des fusées, alors pour cela il a créé un organisme spécial
qui était une sorte d'arsenal civil qui dépendait du ministère de la défense
Je l'ai appelé la SEREB
Et bien, Ils se sont mis à travailler sur la possibilité d'utiliser des moyens de la force de frappe, c'est à dire des fusées de la force de frappe pour mettre en orbite un satellite
Mais en même temps le gouvernement a compris que ce n'était pas suffisant qu'il fallait autre chose, il fallait un environnement ça ne servait à rien de lancer un satellite si il n'y avait pas des gens qui travaillaient à en faire quelque chose d'utile, avoir un programme

La Force De Frappe

Cyclope L'antenne Géante - La Force De Frappe

Thanks for visiting. 
What's new:  I have started work on a violin sonata. My new symphony, "Symphony for Chamber Orchestra," is posted and waiting for you.  rjb

Scores and parts for many of my works are available from my publisher Creative Spirit Music Publications. Go to  https://www.creativespiritonline.com and select "Robert John Brooks." There, you can also follow the score while listening to a recording.

My music is fully notated and is intended for live performance by live musicians.

After completing my doctorate in composition in 1979 from UNT, I took 30 years off from composing to join the computer software revolution as a software engineer.  In 2010 I began composing again and have not stopped. So, I find myself beginning (restarting?) a composition career rather late in life...but that's OK.  Most of the works posted here were written since 2010. 

Thanks for visiting.

Gordian Suite - Eleven Knots for String Orchestra (mastered by eMastered.com)

Robert John Brooks, Composer