December Week 2: Holiday, Instrumental, Rock, Country, Movie Soundtrack, and Disney

Hello there! Sorry for the delayed post. If you are following my Instagram and Twitter, I post there even if I miss a day here. This week I picked some more obscure Christmas tunes and 4 different movie songs. Tuesday is from The Muppet Christmas Carol (one of my favorite Christmas movies), Wednesday is from Annabelle's Wish (an adorable and yet very melancholy movie), Friday is from Tarzan (gotta love that Disney classic), and Saturday is from Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (the first Christmas movie I see every year). As for the song "A Mad Russian's Christmas", if any of you ever got to see the Hollywood Studios (MGM) lights, you've probably heard this tune played to an amazing light show. If you never got the chance to see that, I suggest looking it up. If not, just close your eyes while you listen and imagine a cold wintery night with snow falling and Christmas lights flashing to the melody. Hope you enjoy listening to these songs! Have a great week.

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Monday: Christmas in My Home Town - Charley Pride

Tuesday: It Feels Like Christmas - The Muppets

Wednesday: The World From Way Up Here - Alison Krauss

Thursday: A Mad Russian's Christmas: Trans Siberian Orchestra

Friday: Two Worlds - Phil Collins

 Saturday: All Alone on Christmas - Darlene Love

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Wynton Marsalis - Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in D Major; II. Allegro Moderato

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What better way to begin a blog about music than to post a song in the genre of classical music. Although an instrumental piece is not usually considered a "song", I am not limiting this blog to just lyrical works of music. Therefore, I would like to post this wonderful composition as this blog's first song of the day in honor of a genre of music that existed far before the songs of today.

Please enjoy this selection titled "Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in D Major; II. Allegro Moderato" composed by Leopold Mozart and performed by Wynton Marsalis. Wynton Marsalis is a famous trumpet player who plays multiple genres of music including classical, as you hear today, as well as swing jazz, blues, and more. This song is one of many from his classical album "Classic Wynton". I find it to be very soothing, yet uplifting and cheerful. Marsalis' trumpet playing is flawless as always. Each note sounds clear and smooth, and the high notes are especially pleasant.

While classical music today often has a negative connotation, I have managed to put that view aside and really appreciate each composition for the work of art that it is. I hope that eventually people will stop using the term "elevator music" to describe classical pieces. Not only does it continue to spread the negativity towards classical music, but it also acts as a blanket statement, making people feel that all classical music sounds the same. On the contrary, there are many different kinds of classical music, each with unique styles and tones to them. I think if everyone tried hard enough, they could find a style of classical music that best speaks to them and doesn't sound like "elevator music".

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