"Who has not heard of the submerged bells of Ys, and who has not heard them ring in the echoes of his own imagination?"
Tag: 1800s
Music to Write Realmgard to: The Sunken Cathedral
The Cathedral in question is the Cathedral of Ys…
Music to Write Realmgard to: The Swan of Tuonela
[Melancholy Mythological Bird Noises]
Music to Write Realmgard to: Totentanz
Composed, I believe, when Liszt pushed his piano down several flights of stairs...
Recommendation: Sandokan
Featuring the rarest of all literary protagonists: a non-Caribbean pirate.
Recommendation: The Muppets vs. Victorian Literature
That sound you're hearing is the distant screaming of a thousand proper literary types…
Music to Write Realmgard to: A Drop of Nelson’s Blood
And we'll roll the old chariot along. Even though we're on a boat, apparently…
Tales of the Sea: Santiana
Well, he's either a boat or a person. The lyrics are kinda vague on the point…
Music to Write Realmgard to: The Sunken Cathedral
Classical Music's favourite underwater church.
Music to Write Realmgard to: The Swan of Tuonela
For context, Tuonela is the Finnish underworld, and a swan is like a fancy duck.
