Classical Music From Beyond the Grave
As most of you know, I'm crazy about Classical Music. From early music to modernism, I love it all. As you may not know, I have a fascination for creepy spiritualism. I love "true" ghost stories, psychics, and paranormal goings on.
Like nuts and gum, I've finally found a way to put them together at last!
While doing some web trolling, I came across the story of a woman named Rosemary Brown. According to what I've read, she was a medium who channeled the spirits of long dead composers and wrote down their music from the afterlife.
Awesome!
I'm always looking for interesting show ideas for the Symphony Hour, so this seemed perfect! Finding the music took a bit of a search. Rosemary was very active in the 60's and 70's so much of what was released was only available on vinyl. I found one CD, but in order to get it I had to send cash to some woman in Germany after sending a letter... super sketchtastic! Instead I turned to a much more reliable, far less shady venue:
I went to ebay.
I found two records and managed to win both auctions. One is coming from New York, and the other is coming from England.
I can't wait to listen to them! Hopefully they will arrive intact and playable. I receive records in the mail all the time a work, so I'm not overly concerned. I'll probably be unleashing them on the public at large around Halloween.
More about Rosemary Brown can be found at:
- Wikipedia
- About.com
- Rosemary Brown: The Musical Medium
- German Website with the only CD I could find (order at your own risk!)
2 Comments:
There's a video on the German website that is poor quality and tiny, but has some great footage. It also shows a painting she did that was channeled through her by Van Gogh!
That's pretty cool! I hope we get to hear it - though I guess then if she claimed to have heard a piece already attributed to a dead composer, then she can't be accused of fraud, like the pianist and her husband who "recorded" other pianists' recordings as her own.
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