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Mimi Ezust <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 4 Dec 2007 14:54:43 -0800
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Do you ever get stuck on a piece? You might remember a fragment of it,
but not the whole thing until you are compelled to listen again and
again?

It seems I am always in the middle of one of these sticky pieces.

For a few weeks I was stuck on the middle movement of the Rachmaninoff
Symphonic Dances.  Today I seem to be stuck on the second movement of
Sibelius Third Symphony.

Sometimes it's the melody that grabs me, but it can also be the rhythm
or the instrumentation.

I'm curious about other listeners.  What is it that makes you go back a
second or third time to a piece of music?  Can you identify the elements?

Mimi Ezust

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