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Re: "After The Blast" Music
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David Wolf <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 7 Jan 2000 18:50:07 -0800
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Robert Floyd ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>The first piece of music for a blasted world that comes to mind is
>Penderecki's "Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima." This is the best
>evocation of a nuclear attack I've heard...it's quite eerie.

The first piece of music I ever heard by Penderecki was every bit as
chilling.  It's his St. Luke's Passion.

Dave Wolf
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