New 30 Day Music Challenge – Day 3 – Oldest song you love (1936) – Samuel Barber – “Adagio For Strings”

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1741, 1936, Adagio For Strings, Arturo Toscanini, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, BWV 988, Challenge, Classical, Johann Sebastian Bach, Key Yemaya Walker, Modernist, Monthly Challenge, music, Music Challenge, New York, Samuel Barber, The Goldberg Variations, Violin

Composed in 1936 by Samuel Barber (inspired by Johann Sebastian Bach’s 1741 composition, “The Goldeberg Variations,” “BWV 988” according to many)


The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.