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fandomhigh2016-06-05 10:48 pm
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Music Appreciation | Monday, period 1
If the teachers at the front of the class were looking a little disgruntled (and hungover) today, they could hardly be blamed for it. They were supposed to have been on their honeymoon.
"We weren't planning on having class today," Hannibal said a little grimly. "But we do have an excellent topic for music. Not to mention an awful lot of very good food."
Not all of their guests had been in the mood to eat yesterday.
//Today's topic is catharsis,// Jono added. And if he meant that the topic itself was songs about catharsis, or if they were actually engaging in a form of catharsis by picking this particular topic, that was really anybody's best guess. //Songs that people listen to when they need to vent.//
Possibly very angry ones. As one does.
//Songs like that can be anything from 'you've cheated on me and now I'll kill you,' to 'actually, I really just can't stand your face,' but many of them seem to have a common thread of anger in them.//
"Anger is a potent force," Hannibal saidlike a good Sith. "It underlies a lot of the classic stories of revenge, heartbreak, and intrigue that inform the great operas. It also seems to lend itself very well to music that is simply loud."
There had been Metallica last night. Hannibal hadn't really minded.
//And sometimes loud is what you want when you're angry,// Jono agreed. //Like Metallica. A lot of Metallica.//
While drunk. Loud enough to scare the cats. Even the cat that was deaf. That was normal, right? At least in certain situations.
//So, today we're going to talk about catharsis,// he went on. //What sort of music you reach for when you're angry, whether you go for something that makes you angrier, or something to help soothe you. Or maybe the two aren't necessarily different at all.//
Hannibal waved at the computer and stereo system at the front of the class. "Play us your songs, and we'll play you some of ours. To start, I will state that I'm rather fond of 'Le veau d'or', from Faust. It is Mephistopheles' aria."
And he did tend to find being devilish very cathartic.
"We weren't planning on having class today," Hannibal said a little grimly. "But we do have an excellent topic for music. Not to mention an awful lot of very good food."
Not all of their guests had been in the mood to eat yesterday.
//Today's topic is catharsis,// Jono added. And if he meant that the topic itself was songs about catharsis, or if they were actually engaging in a form of catharsis by picking this particular topic, that was really anybody's best guess. //Songs that people listen to when they need to vent.//
Possibly very angry ones. As one does.
//Songs like that can be anything from 'you've cheated on me and now I'll kill you,' to 'actually, I really just can't stand your face,' but many of them seem to have a common thread of anger in them.//
"Anger is a potent force," Hannibal said
There had been Metallica last night. Hannibal hadn't really minded.
//And sometimes loud is what you want when you're angry,// Jono agreed. //Like Metallica. A lot of Metallica.//
While drunk. Loud enough to scare the cats. Even the cat that was deaf. That was normal, right? At least in certain situations.
//So, today we're going to talk about catharsis,// he went on. //What sort of music you reach for when you're angry, whether you go for something that makes you angrier, or something to help soothe you. Or maybe the two aren't necessarily different at all.//
Hannibal waved at the computer and stereo system at the front of the class. "Play us your songs, and we'll play you some of ours. To start, I will state that I'm rather fond of 'Le veau d'or', from Faust. It is Mephistopheles' aria."
And he did tend to find being devilish very cathartic.
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"Definitely loud," he acknowledged when it was done, giving Dante a smirk. "But remarkably musical for all that. I should love to hear it re-scored for orchestra, although I imagine you prefer this version."
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Someone had to be in a good mood around here.
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