Comments on: Can Someone Please Pass The Kleenex? http://theomniscientmussel.com/2007/10/can-someone-please-pass-the-kleenex/ Classical Music & Culture Thu, 10 May 2012 22:12:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: <img class="monsterid" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=3cf8bd15ab7652c81ff88955710c2a83&&;size=65&default=http://theomniscientmussel.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-monsterid/monsterid/886f4d47b3c751a.png" alt="Lee Merrick MonsterID Icon" height="65" width="65"/> Lee Merrick http://theomniscientmussel.com/2007/10/can-someone-please-pass-the-kleenex/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Lee Merrick MonsterID Icon Lee Merrick Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:51:43 +0000 http://theomniscientmussel.com/?p=140#comment-95 This is an interesting subject for me - I am always tearing up when I listen to my music - dangerous when driving! Mahler #2 - even the very end when the French horns sound makes me weep. How about Tristan - makes me weak.... Any Requiem - Verdi, Brahms, Mozart, Faure, Beethoven (Missa Solemnis) - man I could go on and on. How does a measure or even one chord (the Tristan Chord) evoke such an emotional response? This is an interesting subject for me – I am always tearing up when I listen to my music – dangerous when driving! Mahler #2 – even the very end when the French horns sound makes me weep.
How about Tristan – makes me weak….
Any Requiem – Verdi, Brahms, Mozart, Faure, Beethoven (Missa Solemnis) – man I could go on and on.
How does a measure or even one chord (the Tristan Chord) evoke such an emotional response?

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