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Virgil SolisMyrrha and Cinyras
Reason
Myrrha was a teen-aged girl who tricked her father into making love and then ran away and turned into a tree. Wicked girl. But somehow people like to write music or plays or stuff like this about her. What is cool about this sound is that it is a composition being used to illustrate the subject of the composition rather than in an article on the composer or the piece of music.
Composed by
John Phillip Sousa
Creator
Adam Cuerden
Articles in which this recording appears
Myrrha
It's probably not as illustrative as a painting (showing a girl or the like), but I think the point is similar to some of the paintings in that we see that the myth has inspired works of music, as well as works of literature and painting (and naming bugs and all). At first I thought it was a reach, but more and more now, I think it's fine. Sousa was a very famous composer and all. So it's as good as a bug or such.TCO (talk) 05:39, 28 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I could see that; learning that the myth has inspired music then actually hearing the music is pretty neat. The experience is definitely enhanced for the reader, and I'm a supporter if the file format is usable by everyone. Is it an easy conversion for you?--NYMFan69-86 (talk) 03:43, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I'll ask for a conversion at Commons — Preceding unsigned comment added by TCO (talkcontribs)
Support --Guerillero | My Talk 04:31, 17 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I understand the oppose but think that the music is expressive enough (speaking as a person who likes music but doesn't know how to play it) that it adds value to the article.--Wehwalt (talk) 15:34, 10 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Well done Adam for doing this, and it is very interesting to see it illustrate an article in this way. While dynamics are obvious in this performance, I have a real problem with supporting this as our best work because it is a recording of a very artificial-sounding midi piano. Therefore Oppose. Ben (Major Bloodnok) (talk) 21:26, 17 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
No problem, understood, and not trying to change the vote. Just want to add that Adam did some extra fancy shmancy stuff above a normal midi recording to try to help it. (I don't know the technical details, but alluded to and file given in description.)TCO (reviews needed) 21:29, 17 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Myrrha Gavotte 3.ogg.James (TalkContribs) • 5:16pm 07:16, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]