The sound of Windows 95 about to disappoint you added to Library of Congress significant sound archive

Along with Celine Dion and Elton John - plus some good music too

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And here’s what The Library of Congress had to say about the significance of the Windows boot chime:

The 1990s witnessed the beginning of ubiquitous use of personal computing that is a familiar aspect of the world today. This revolution gained significant momentum in August 1995 with the release by Microsoft of the Windows 95 operating system. This iteration brought more of the computer’s operation under a graphical user interface (GUI), making a home computer more accessible to a non-specialist audience of consumers.

To mark this and other improvements, Microsoft chose to incorporate a brief start-up sound that would play when Windows 95 booted up. The company chose the ambient music creator and prolific music producer Brian Eno to compose this sound. Eno, now a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has also been a pioneer in the creation of ambient and electronica music. Eno delivered 84 sound elements to the Microsoft designers, who ultimately selected a sound almost twice as long as requested but which they felt conveyed the sense of welcome, hopefulness and progress that they envisioned. //

The OS was, however, often unstable. Users hearing the sound now deemed historically significant will likely have memories of hearing it more often than they wanted to – and often at inconvenient moments.

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Small "r" Rebellion

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(Pre-Chorus)
Numbers don’t lie, but the suits, they do,
Uniparty schemes, I’m seein’ right through!
Musk got my back, DOGE in the fight,
Droppin’ truth bombs, left and right!

(Chorus)
Small R rebellion, I’m breakin’ the chains,
Data’s my weapon, corruption’s my BANE!
From the screen to the streets, I’m rewritin’ the game,
Small R's Rebellion BITCHES remember the name!

(Verse 1)
Yo, I’m DataRepublican, the code’s my ammunition,
Diggin’ through the grants, exposin’ politicians’ mission,
Small "r" in my soul, I don’t bow to the throne,
Utah to the core, cuttin’ fat from the bone.
Deaf since the jump, but my vision’s loud,
Hands still speak, though my signs may sway,
USAID on blast, half a bil in the stash,
NGOs in my scope, turnin’ lies into ash.

It's probably every musician's worst nightmare: imagine yourself sitting on stage ready to play a concerto and the orchestra begins to perform a completely different piece...😮
That's exactly what happened to the great Maria João Pires in 1999 when she stepped in to replace another pianist on short notice. In a formidable tour de force performance, Pires changed course and miraculously didn't miss a beat of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 (and not No. 23 like she had been expecting!) alongside Riccardo Chailly and the Concertgebouworkest. 🤦 https://bit.ly/42qubHB //

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Difficulty : Internationally reputed orchestra, in front of a crowd, under cameras, any mistake will be heard as it’s a solo, you are unprepared and you discover you have to do it 1mn before playing, you have no choice
Do you realise how terrifying and impressive this is ? //

bradleymadlyy
1w
As a musician, I’ve noticed people commenting on her ability to “switch it on” or “go into flow state” but I can tell you this is simply what 10,000 hours of practice looks like. She is a musical warrior and she has put the time into honing and refining her skill. All that is to take nothing away from her obvious raw talent, but this isn’t a mystical experience or a Jedi mind trick, it’s the end result of years - decades - of passion and hard, hard work. //

orchestereo
3w
Shoutout to Mozart for writing a long enough introduction 😎 //

hermanbbbb2
1w
Maria Joao Pires is such a hero. And so is Chailly for how he reassures her with his confidence //

For all the melodies you have in you
Speldosa is the result of a unique collaboration between Klevgrand and the Swedish artist Wintergatan/Martin Molin. Wintergatan has primarily worked in the physical world (the Marble Machine is probably the most astonishing example), while Klevgrand has performed its craft within the digital sphere. When these two worlds now meet, it results in a product that both visually and audibly inspires the creation of music that you didn’t know you had in you.

Speldosa (Swedish for "Music Box") is the essence of the shared beliefs of Klevgrand and Wintergatan, and their fascination with minimalism. A simple melody played on a music box can contain an equal amount of emotional power as any symphonic work. There is something about the music box sound that never ceases to fascinate.

The instrument itself has been meticulously recorded by Wintergatan and transformed into a playable digital instrument plugin. It features four different models (Modern, Vintage, Antique, and Eternal = Reversed), two different Room models, and an algorithmic reverb.

But David Seubert, who manages sound collections at the University of California, Santa Barbara library, told Ars that he frequently used the project as an archive and not just to listen to the recordings.

For Seubert, the videos that IA records of the 78 RPM albums capture more than audio of a certain era. Researchers like him want to look at the label, check out the copyright information, and note the catalogue numbers, he said.

"It has all this information there," Seubert said. "I don't even necessarily need to hear it," he continued, adding, "just seeing the physicality of it, it's like, 'Okay, now I know more about this record.'". //

Some sound recording archivists and historians also continue to defend the Great 78 Project as a critical digitization effort at a time when quality of physical 78 RPM records is degrading and the records themselves are becoming obsolete, with very few libraries even maintaining equipment to play back the limited collections that are available in physical archives.

They push back on labels' claims that commercially available Spotify streams are comparable to the Great 78 Project's digitized recordings, insisting that sound history can be lost when obscure recordings are controlled by rights holders who don't make them commercially available. //

Music publishers suing IA argue that all the songs included in their dispute—and likely many more, since the Great 78 Project spans 400,000 recordings—"are already available for streaming or downloading from numerous services."

"These recordings face no danger of being lost, forgotten, or destroyed," their filing claimed.

But Nathan Georgitis, the executive director of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC), told Ars that you just don't see 78 RPM records out in the world anymore. Even in record stores selling used vinyl, these recordings will be hidden "in a few boxes under the table behind the tablecloth," Georgitis suggested. And in "many" cases, "the problem for libraries and archives is that those recordings aren't necessarily commercially available for re-release." //

That "means that those recordings, those artists, the repertoire, the recorded sound history in itself—meaning the labels, the producers, the printings—all of that history kind of gets obscured from view," Georgitis said.

Currently, libraries trying to preserve this history must control access to audio collections, Georgitis said. He sees IA's work with the Great 78 Project as a legitimate archive in that, unlike a streaming service, where content may be inconsistently available, IA's "mission is to preserve and provide access to content over time."

"That 'over time' part is really the key function, I think, that distinguishes an archive from maybe a streaming service in a way," Georgitis said.

An ARSC member and IA supporter, Seubert agreed with IA that any music fan wanting to listen to songs "for entertainment purposes" would go to Spotify or Apple Music, rather than IA, which is more for "people who for whatever reason need to take a deep dive into some obscure corner of recorded sound history."

To Seubert and IA fans, there seems to be little evidence that the Great 78 Project is meaningfully diverting streams from labels' preferred platforms. Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" is perhaps the most heavily streamed song in the case, with nearly 550 million streams on Spotify compared to about 15,000 views on the Great 78 Project.

I'm beginning to regret wading into the topic of best TV theme songs, you all, but once more unto the breach. Picking up where I left off last week, today's list covers roughly 1985 through 1990. Which brings up that age-old question -- is 1990 the end of the '80s or the beginning of the '90s? (The only reason I ask is that my Irish grandfather, who was born in the early 1900s, used to blow my mind by insisting that the year 1900 was not the beginning of the 20th century but the end of the 19th. 🤯.)

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Allegro du concerto pour piano et orchestre, en fa dièse mineur, op.20
Alexander Scriabin

Piano Concerto in B Flat Major

1. [Allegro]
2. Un poco adagio
3. Allegretto
   Emilie Mayer

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With text adapted from scripture and music to bring the text to life, we can hear the gentle, yet insistent pleading of the Savior to “come” and find rest in Him. Artfully set for SATB with piano, this rich and warm accompaniment is further enhanced with a beautiful solo cello line.  The cello part is included in the octavo.

Dramatic alleluias and an assertive rhythmic impetus interwoven with quotes of Beethoven’s Hymn to Joy continually combine with Crown Him with Many Crowns (DIADEMATA), building to an overwhelming scene of worship of the risen Savior, perfect for Easter morning or general worship. Congregation may join in singing first and last stanzas, or all stanzas, for even greater impact.
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1 You servants of God, your Master proclaim,
and publish abroad his wonderful name;
the name all-victorious of Jesus extol;
his kingdom is glorious and rules over all.
2 God rules in the height, almighty to save;
though hid from our sight, his presence we have;
the great congregation his triumph shall sing,
ascribing salvation to Jesus our King.
3 "Salvation to God, who sits on the throne!"
let all cry aloud, and honor the Son;
the praises of Jesus the angels proclaim,
fall down on their faces and worship the Lamb.
4 Then let us adore and give him his right:
all glory and power, all wisdom and might,
all honor and blessing with angels above
and thanks never ceasing for infinite love.

Crown Him (arr. Dan Forrest)

To the Lamb on the Throne - SSA(A)

Romance du concerto pour piano et orchestre en la mineur op. 17
Ignacy Jan Paderewski

Mélanie Bonis (Composer)

• 21.1.1858, Paris, Île-de-France, France
  † 18.3.1937, Sarcelles, Île-de-France, France

Barcarolle For Piano In E Flat Major (Op. 71)

Pearl Harbor
Faith Hill Hans Zimmer
"Heart of A Volunteer"

The Limehouse Golem
Johan Soderqvist

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