My tastes have tended long to run
Towards the quite obscure:
In music and in painting and
In much of literature
It’s never really bothered me
Or, not enough to fuss:
That there are few I’ve ever found
To chat with or discuss
These things I love. For instance,
In his early college days
A. Copland wrote these four motets
In which there’s much to praise
Of sadnesss, yet of hope, and then
Of exultation, too:
I’m sure there’s some who would agree
If there were more
Who knew
(The first of the Four Motets, “Help Us, O Lord”, sung by the Chestnut Street Singers)
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Daily Prompt
Unsung Heroes
We all have our semi-secret, less-known personal favorites — a great B-side, an early work by an artist that later became famous, an obscure (but delicious) family recipe. Share one of your unsung heroes with us — how did you discover it? Why has it stayed off everyone’s radar?
I LOVE Aaron Copland! Where did you find this…just looked it up on you tube?
I sang it myself, in college, and searched for a performance that reminded me most of how it sounds in my head.
I grew up listening to Aaron Copland. My mom was a very versed woman.
I love the Beatles song “I’ll Be Back”. They have so many obscure great songs, I’m just kind of choosing at random.
That is an obscure one…. Always thought the riff had a kind of James Bond thing going. My favorite late Beatles would probably be “Julia”. I also always loved “I’m A Loser” from their earlier days. “Junk” was a late period song they never released: Paul did on the McCartney album. I love that song.