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Post by Natasha on Jul 7, 2005 18:47:46 GMT
I was listening to a CD the other day and when this song came on I couldn't believe it! I was like, Wow! That's, Never Say Goodbye!
It is the music but Hayley picked out the best parts of the song. Its much longer and not nearly as beautiful as, Never say goodbye.
Am I the only one who didn't know this? lol.
Natasha
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Post by 1littlegirl on Jul 8, 2005 14:05:05 GMT
I knew it was from some classical piece, but that's about all I knew about it.  |
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Post by gareth on Jul 10, 2005 3:12:54 GMT
Actually, Hayley's CD does credit the tune to Ravel. There is however an interesting story behind the title of the composition (If you allow me to correct the spelling errors ; the correct title is "Pavane Pour Une Infante Defuncte". In this case, the correct spelling is very significant).
Defuncte literally means "Disfunctional" - "No longer functioning" - in short: "Deceased".
Infante literally means "Female Royal Infant" - In short "Newly born princess".
So "Une Infante Defuncte" literally means "A Deceased Newly Born Princess."
The full title "Pavane Pour Une Infante Defuncte" literally means: "Lithany for a still-born princess". A very sad title, so it seems.
However, the story goes that Ravel chose this title because the poetic character of it appealed to him, and not because it had any further special meaning to him ....
I hope you like this additional explanation.
Gerrit
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Post by Natasha on Jul 15, 2005 23:36:46 GMT
Thanks, Gerrit!
Natasha
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