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Subject: Re: Pieces and Tunes -- Composing in a dream
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2024 08:18:15 -0700
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On 7/2/2024 3:12 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:
> Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> wrote or quoted:
> |Is that a P D Q Bach piece?
> 
>    Two days ago, I heard a simple and beautiful slow piece, not
>    too fast, with one and two voices (i.e., notes played at the
>    same time) played on a classical guitar (with nylon strings).
> 
>    I thought that - if I would practice it carefully - I should be
>    able to play that piece. I wanted to do this. Then, I woke up.
>    It was a kind of an acoustic dream.


i've had similar experience a few times....

                One time, it was so good that  i hummed it into my PC.



 >>>    there are a few interesting cases where sleep played a crucial 
role in the creative process:

Paul McCartney and "Yesterday":         McCartney famously claims the 
melody for "Yesterday" came to him in a dream. He woke up with the song 
in his head, unsure if he'd actually written it or dreamt it. He 
presented it to friends and other musicians, concerned it might be a 
subconscious plagiarism, but no one recognized it. "Yesterday" became a 
massive hit for The Beatles.


               ---------- i guess George was once sued, and lost



Niccolo Paganini and the Devil's Violin Concerto:     This is more 
legend than fact, but the story goes that Paganini, a virtuoso violinist 
and composer, sold his soul to the devil in exchange for unmatched 
musical talent. One version of the legend claims he composed his most 
famous piece, the "Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Minor," in a dream after 
making the pact.



Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his Requiem:       While not entirely 
composed in a dream, Mozart claimed the opening bars of his Requiem came 
to him in a dream, a premonition of his own death.