![]() One was the Requiem by Gabriel Faure (below). I remember the specific works that for me struck the right chords, so to speak, about the murderous death of the President. Here is a link to a great story on NPR about what music was played in JFK’s hometown of Boston by the Boston Symphony Orchestra under conductor Erich Leinsdorf: 2 “Resurrection” and Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. I think the requiems by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Giuseppe Verdi were performed and broadcast, as was Samuel Barber’s “ Adagio for Strings” – a favorite of JFK and a work that was given its world premiere by the UW-Madison’s Pro Arte String Quartet in 1936. ![]() How I recall the music that was put together quickly and performed on the then relatively new medium of television. That so now irks the conservative philistines who want to zero out the budgets for NPR, PBS, the NEA and the NEH, who want an ignorant citizenry that will buy into their distorted lies and mean-spirited stupidities.īut how fitting for the New Frontier was that quiet cultural revolution promoted by JFK during his short tenure in The White House.Īrtists responded enthusiastically to JFK and his death. One of JFK’s legacy, one deeply encouraged and acted on by his First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, was to revitalize the American art scene and enhance it with involvement and help from the government. And like many of you, I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I heard the news flash of his shocking death. It was a momentous event in so many ways for the country. Kennedy (below), or JFK, in Dallas, Texas. ![]() Today is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. If you’re looking for a compelling and feature-rich audio editor and don’t have a lot of money to spend, I think you’ll be won over, too.Īmadeus Pro requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later.Classical music: What music does the assassination of JFK bring to mind for you today on the 50th anniversary of his death? | November 22, 2013 And speaking of documentation, while nearly all the features are covered, their explanations could be clearer.īut, frankly, I’m willing to forgive these few quirks given the program’s price. The online documentation provides no help with this. For example, most traditional audio editors offer a Silence command for reducing the current selection to silence you can accomplish this with Amadeus Pro, but it takes a few moments to figure out that you must choose Silence Generator from the Effects menu, enable the Duration of Selection option, and then click OK. And some of the commands could be more intuitive. For example, the program supports multiple tracks yet there’s no easy way to crossfade between one set of stereo tracks and the next. Supporters of the freeĪudacity may claim that their choice of audio editors is an even a greater bargain, but I find Audacity’s interface convoluted and the program occasionally unstable. While Amadeus’ batch processing and support for a wide variety of audio formats are unique-Sound Studio supports Ogg Vorbis but not FLAC-much of Amadeus Pro’s attraction boils down to price: It costs a measly $40, and for those forty smackers you get a remarkably-complete audio-editing solution. Peak LE ($129) may wonder what sets Amadeus Pro apart from these likewise-capable applications. Those familiar with other traditional audio editors such as Felt Tip Software’s SoundSoap noise-reduction plug-in, but they can adequately remove the most-common kinds of noise you find in audio files-hum and rumble, for example. These noise-suppression features aren’t as capable as those provided by Bias’ $129 The Effects menu also includes tools for reducing or eliminating noise, including Interpolate-a command that attempts to smooth over tiny clicks and blips by removing the most-offensive characteristics of the sound-as well as a Denoising command, which lets you remove common types of noise or noise based on a sample of that noise you provide. For example, Amadeus’ Effects menu gives you quick access to Echo, Amplify, Equalizers, VST Effects, Stereo Utilities (including Balance, Invert Phase, and Swap Channels), Audio Units, Change Pitch and Speed, Normalize, Fading (Fade In and Out, as well as crossfade), and Reverse options. Just as with other traditional sound editors, you select sections of audio by dragging a selection cursor over the waveform you can then apply a variety of filters and effects to the selected sound. Amadeus Pro’s traditional audio-waveform view.
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