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Wednesday, May 04, 2005

The Delian Society

Yes, there really is a Delian Society - it is an international body of women and men dedicated to the renascence (Sp) of Tonal Art Music.

The Delian Society is an international community of composers, performers, scholars, recording technicians, music publishers, and amateurs dedicated to the revitalization of the great tonal traditions in art music. The Society is extraordinarily diverse, and we invite the participation of others around the world who share our artistic visions and goals. The Delian Society does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, handicap, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, or national origin. The Society takes its name from the Greek Island of Delos, legendary birthplace of Apollo, god of music and light.

I wonder if these musical types could compose something for Delia Gallagher, kinda like Ennio Morricone's music for Cinema Paradiso.
... Delia's Theme...

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Just an after thought:

You know how sometimes, something totally weird happens and when it does, you just know it's not a coincidence but rather a part of a bigger... something. So, visions of Rome and Delia somehow melded in my brain to Morricone's Cinema Paradiso music. Now, how weird is this? I was driving home today and I turned my radio on to the classical music station. And what is playing? Yep, the Love Theme from Cinema Paradiso.

I calculate probabilities and quantify relationships and data for a living. If I assigned a coefficient to Morricone's music and another one to Avril Lavigne, Avril's coefficient will be higher as the overall sample population I am analyzing has more occurrence of Avril than Morricone. Now, to get better predictive results, I analyze Morricone against a different cohort group: classical music, let's say by Brahms. Brahms will still get a higher score because he has more written and recorded work than Morricone. Once you factor in the time of the day, day of the week, and mood of the listener, the probability of me hearing Morricone at a given hour on a given day will fall well within the 95% confidence limit - that it was not a coincidence.

So, what does this mean? I don't know... I haven't pondered that yet. Maybe someone is just trying to tell me that everything is going to be okay.

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