The Music Dedications Thread
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Topic: The Music Dedications Thread
Posted By: presdoug
Subject: The Music Dedications Thread
Date Posted: August 04 2022 at 03:27
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Thought I would start a thread on musical works that have officially been dedicated to someone or something that stands out and whose dedication means the most to you. Any music genre, and you can post the music in question, if you like. I would like to start off with Rush's Caress Of Steel album, which was dedicated by the band to TV show host, writer, and humanitarian Rod Serling, who had died recently around the time of the album's release. |
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: August 04 2022 at 03:31
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Richard Strauss's tone poem Ein Heldenleben, which was dedicated to Dutch conductor Willem Mengelberg, who Strauss greatly admired; here is a recording of the work conducted by Mengelberg himself! |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: August 04 2022 at 03:35
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Austrian composer Franz Schmidt dedicated his 4th Symphony to conductor and champion Oswald Kabasta, and here is a recording of it conducted by Kabasta, himself. |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: August 04 2022 at 03:43
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Triumvirat musician/singer/songwriter the late Helmut Koellen's solo album You Won't See Me was released after he died on May 3rd,, 1977. It was dedicated to his parents. Here is the album's title track. |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: August 04 2022 at 03:52
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Triumvirat's Pompeii album was dedicated to the group's previous member Helmut Koellen, who had died recently. Here is the single from the album, The Hymn. |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: August 04 2022 at 05:58
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The Head Hunters (Herbie Hancock) wrote and recorded a song called "Sly", dedicated to Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone. |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: August 05 2022 at 16:30
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Anton Bruckner dedicated his 9th Symphony, "to dear God". Here is a pioneer recording of the "original version" of the symphony, conducted by Siegmund von Hausegger |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: August 06 2022 at 07:29
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I'll take the term 'dedicated' a little loosely here. ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: August 06 2022 at 07:43
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JD wrote:Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: August 06 2022 at 07:46
I'm fairly certain just about every album is dedicated to somebody. When you read the liner notes there is generally a dedication in most every album I see. Generally, they are dedicated to recently deceased family members. Not sure if you want every album ever dedicated to mom and dad and granny and grandpa listed here.  ------------- 
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 06 2022 at 07:53
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One of the most moving I know is Mostly Autumn: White Rainbow the whole album is dedicated to Liam Davison, their second guitarist, who had been with the band from the beginning and died in 2017, a few days before his 50th birthday. All the songs are about him personally and frankly, an album couldn't get more intimate. Artistically, it also happens to be a stunning piece of work. ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: August 06 2022 at 08:32
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This one is dedicated to you: ------------- 
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: August 06 2022 at 08:42
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: August 06 2022 at 08:48
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: August 06 2022 at 09:59
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Not sure why this was the first that came to mind. |