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January 25, 2023
Once long ago
in Bloc
Song of the week: Einst (F. Liszt) - K. Krimmel, D. Heide
Einst [Once long ago] is a minimal song. It only has fourteen bars, the vocal line doesn't go beyond a fifth (the distance between C and G on the C major scale that we all know) and, as for dynamics, neither voice nor accompaniment moves from piano. The poem is also minimal, only a four-verse stanza that tells us about an absence. Its shortness leaves us with no idea if the [...]
