Carmen (Simm)(2P4H) [Mass Market Paperback] Review

Bizet's CARMEN OVERTURE is well known and frequently used in the occasion that a champion comes out.In my opinion,Carmen is a champion,a champion of love,a champion of freedom.Mérimée,the author of CARMEM,describes Carmen as a sparkish and abandoned woman,searching for true love and sticking to freedom.In this book, Mérimée narrates how he ran across Don Jose' and the whole story between Don Jose' and Carmen.Don Jose',a soldier,falls in love with Carmen,a prisoner who kills a woman worker,when he is on his way to send her to prison.He gives her reins in spite of being punished.He becomes a bandit and killer so as to stay with her and please her.He kills her eventually for preventing her from loving someone else.It is a tragic ending.And I am deeply shocked.But if not for the death of Carmen,her spirit of chasing freedom can't be that striking.
There are two plots that make me consider a lot:
1.FOR OBTAINING CARMEN,DON JOSE' KILLS A SUBALTERN.
He was injured,and Carmen took good care of him until he recovered.I am moved for it.Someone may say Carmen has many lovers,and her love to Don Jose' is not true love.But I can't agree with it.From this part,we can see clearly that her love is of ligeance.Why she risked her life to save Don Jose',just for exploiting him sometime?Absolutely not.Don't forget Carmen can let any man do anything.Don Jose' is puny,but her love is significant.It can be confirmed in the latter part.When they were attacked by the army,Don Jose' was unfortunately shot,and Carmen looked after him patiently and attentively,without sleeping.She did love him with every beat of her heart.It must be noticed that only one time Carmen's crying was mentioned and this was the first time Don Jose' had seen her weep.Carmen stole Mérimée's watch but failed to get his ring for the prevention of Don Jose'.And then they quarrelled.Don Jose' beat her.A woman who is beat will cry,but a woman who cries is not certainly beat.Personaly I think Carmen cried for love,not for the beat.
2.FOR OCCUPYING CARMEN,DON JOSE' KILLS HER.
Here,the story comes to climax.Even when Don Jose' took out a knife to threaten her,Carmen did not quail a bit.she took off the ring he had given to her and threw it into the jungle.Finally,he thrust into her heart...She died for her freedom,and her freedom survived.I don't think one should give up freedom in order to love someone.Carmen is a classic example.She prefers being killed to staying with Don Jose'.Her love is for freedom,and her freedom is for love.She will love whom gives her freedom.Free love is unselfish.Don Jose' can't give her free love,and longs to occupy her on his own,so he is doomed to fail.
So,do remember that Real Love is a rational emotion!

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Carmen is a multi-movement work, and this arrangement provides all the lustre from the original orchestral score equally shared by the two pianists, creating a most exciting performance piece. Movements may be performed separately, thus making it a bit more simple to learn, or it may be performed in its entirety. Sure to be a big hit with two-piano teams.

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Songs of the 40's: The Decade Series (EZ Play Today, for Organs, Pianos & Electronic Keyboards, No. 230) [Sheet music] Review

If you like and appreciate great melodies from the 1940s decade then you will like this collection of tunes.

I have bought a number of these Decade Series collection songbooks and like all of them. The selections are always broad and fresh.

I have played out of this particular songbook collection for many years now and still love to play them on my piano.

Contents:

Across The Alley From The Alamo
Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)
Anniversary Song
Bewitched
Blueberry Hill
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
The Breeze And I
But Beautiful
Candy
Come Rain Or Come Shine
Cruising Down The River
Daddy
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
God Bless' The Child
Harlem Nocturne
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
How Are Things In Glocca Morra
How High The Moon
I Could Write A Book
I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire
I'll Be Around
I'll Remember April
I'm Beginning To See The Light
Imagination
It's A Grand Night For Singing
It's A Most Unusual Day
Juke Box Saturday Night
June Is Bustin' Out All Over
The Last Time I Saw Paris
Lilli Marlene
Mairzy Doats
Managua, Nicaragua
Moonlight In Vermont
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'
Oklahoma
Old Devil Moon
The Old Lamplighter
The Old Soft Shoe
Opus One
People Will Say We're In Love
Poinciana (Song Of The Tree)
Polka Dots And Moonbeams
Red Roses For A Blue Lady
Saturday Night Is The Loneliest Night Of The Week
Seems Like Old Times
Shoo Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy
So In Love
Speak Low
A String Of Pearls
A Sunday Kind Of Love
The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
Swinging On A Star
There Must Be A Way
The Things We Did Last Summer
The Third Man Theme
Tuxedo Junction
When You Wish Upon A Star
Wunderbar
You Can't Be True Dear (Du Kannst Nicht Treu Sein)
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
You'll Never Walk Alone

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I recommend this songbook collection to you!

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61 songs, featuring: Come Rain or Come Shine * God Bless the Child * How High the Moon * The Last Time I Saw Paris * Moonlight in Vermont * A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square * A String of Pearls * Swinging on a Star * Tuxedo Junction * You'll Never Walk Alone.

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I'll Be Seeing You: 51 Songs of World War II (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook) [Paperback] Review

I have been looking for a piano book of WWII songs.Anyone who loves those songs from that era will be more than pleased with this song book.It will bring back memories for those old enough to remember!

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A salute to the music and memories of WWII, including a year-by-year chronology of events on the homefront, dozens of photos, and 50 radio favorites of the GIs and their families back home, including: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy * Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else but Me) * I Don't Want to Walk Without You * I'll Be Seeing You * Moonlight in Vermont * There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere * You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To * and more.

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