Ugo
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Posted: April 20 2011, 19:44 |
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Mussorgsky didn't really compose the "Great Gate of Kiev" theme - it is derived from the Promenade theme in Pictures from an Exhibition, which is itself derived from a Russian folk melody. The so-called "Majestic Theme" in Ommadawn Part 1, which I assume is the theme you're talking about, and which occurs in full at about 6:13, is just as Irish-folky as Mussorgsky's melody is Russian-folky. To me there isn't any other obvious link between the two melodies. I may have cloth ears, but IMHO they don't even sound similar.
@ nightspore: why is the word "Kiev" interesting?
-------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian
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