Sherlock Holmes (ex_sherlockh648) wrote in voicesinmyhead, @ 2007-08-10 20:18:00 |
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Current music: | Chopin's "Nocturne in C Sharp Minor" |
Entry tags: | prompt #04, sherlock holmes |
Prompt #4: What song best describes you and why?
Ah! Music is a passion of mine. As my grandmother was sister to one of the notable line of Vernet artists, it was natural that my mother believed her boys should be exposed to as many of the fine arts as our family heritage would allow. Sadly, my brother Mycroft is tone deaf and has no depth perception; however, it was discovered that I had a rare gift for music. Many a childhood afternoon would be spent with my violin as I worked out little tunes.
I cannot say I was classically trained on the violin, however. It was a relative, an uncle perhaps on my mother's side, that had first introduced me to my preferred instrument when I was but five or six. It was the same time I had been introduced to foreign language and literature whilst visiting my mother's more influential side of the family. I suppose the violin represents the happier, more magical time of my early childhood, before the realities of the world set in.
Thus to choose just one song would be grievously difficult, I think. I have always enjoyed Saraste and Wieniawski, and naturally Schumann whose work is greatly introspective. I am much more inclined to violin as a solo instrument, or when accompanied by piano. The resonance of such vocalise speaks directly to my soul, and I am transported by the sound to a place of magic and splendour.
By no means is my life outside of my musical cocoon that of flowery bliss. My good friend Watson regularly comments upon my complex and enigmatic nature, between my swings of zealous passion and stagnant malaise. Therefore, a solitary musical piece that depicts aspects of my personality would be dualistic and contradictory. Perhaps some who know me would liken to suggest a laborious and difficult piece such as Tartini's "Le Trille du Diable."
Strangely, it is Chopin's "Nocturne in C Sharp Minor" that draws me time and again. Although obviously not written for violin, his work for both piano and cello can certainly be transcribed into violin easily, although most serious concert violinists would deny a willingness to ever do so. A short tune, this nocturne captures many of my varying moods into one compact allegory, from my melancholy to my wiry wit.