Friday, October 14, 2022

October 14 - Maurice Martenot (The Musical Birthday Series, 4th Annual Cycle)

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Maurice Martenot (14 October 1898 – 8 October1980) was a French cellist, a radio telegrapher, and inventor of the ondes martenot, a early electronic musical instrument.

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Horror Movie 1


By spring 2014, many journalists had observed that after watching Frozen, numerous young children in the United States were becoming unusually obsessed with the film's music, and with "Let It Go" in particular. Columnist Yvonne Abraham called the song "musical crack" which "sends kids into altered states." - adapted from Wikipedia


If Elsa had sung “Let It Go”

With the help of an ondes martenot,

Just imagine the pain

Of that constant refrain

When your kids fell in love with the show.

 

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Horror Movie 2


Maurice’s Martenot’s electronic

Invention has proven iconic

In movies which feature

A bogey or creature

Who is eerie, macabre, or demonic.

 

 

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