some historical background

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Oh, I should mention something I always found kind of interesting,
especially re-reading the program. Its Tomita's use of metaphor and his
space travel scenario but never really acknowleging what was going on in
NYC in 1986. 1986 was the 100th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty,
(Just like his Sydney show was also an anniversary) The "I" in Tomita in
the artwork is pretty much the only hard refrence.

On the music side of things, of course Dvorak's 9th is rooted in the
U.S., as Rhapsody In Blue has a deep New York connection.

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nick


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Hi Nick,

This reminds me of the 1988 Sydney Sound Cloud, our bicentenary year as you
mentioned. At one point the music performed was "Waltzing Matilda" which
Australians have a very strong connection with. Brought tears to my eyes and
a lump to my throat when I heard Tomita's beautiful arrangement...

Regards,
Lance.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: N. Kent [mailto:ndkent at optonline.net]
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> Isao Tomita Mailing List - http://listen.to/tomita/
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>
> Oh, I should mention something I always found kind of interesting,
> especially re-reading the program. Its Tomita's use of
> metaphor and his
> space travel scenario but never really acknowleging what was
> going on in
> NYC in 1986. 1986 was the 100th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty,
> (Just like his Sydney show was also an anniversary) The "I"
> in Tomita in
> the artwork is pretty much the only hard refrence.
>
> On the music side of things, of course Dvorak's 9th is rooted in the
> U.S., as Rhapsody In Blue has a deep New York connection.
>
> http://museum.50megs.com/tomita
>
> nick
>
>
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