First and foremost: Movement 2 of Henryck Gorecki's Symphony No. 3 ("Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"). This is the uber-Ivanova song for me. The [Polish] text is from an inscription on a Gestapo cell wall from an 18-year-old girl. It's both a prayer to the Virgin Mary and a request to her mother not to weep for her; for me it kind of epitomizes Ivanova's strength in the really awful situations she goes through.
Bless the Lord, O My Soul, from Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil. Mostly because Rachmaninov's Russian, the text is a psalm and Susan's canonically religious, and it's gorgeous. (This is the Robert Shaw Chorale version. I have great love for Robert Shaw. My college choir director worked with him and his admiration kind of rubbed off on all of us.)
Precious - Depeche Mode. Now for something completely different! ;) Susan after the war.
Things get damaged Things get broken I thought we'd manage But words left unspoken Left us so brittle There was so little left to give
Born - Over the Rhine. Perhaps for after "Sleeping in Light," when (in my head) she decides to take control of her life and happiness again? Mostly I just didn't want to end on a downer. Also, I seem to have a terrible lack of songs about kickass women.
I was born to laugh I learned to laugh through my tears I was born to love I'm gonna learn to love without fear
Actually, wait. This one is about the speaker's adoration of an awesome woman: Sally Ann - Great Big Sea. Also perhaps it fits in with Susan's apparent like for parties? :D
Sally Ann Sally Ann Oh when you dance Every move that you make is amazing. Take my Heart Take my Hand Hey Sally Ann Life will be all that you make it.
You do not abuse opening with dialogue as much as I do!
And here I was just thinking I didn't open with dialogue enough!
Also, 12 & 19 are my two favourites, so apparently I like openers tell the reader physical & psychological place and are funny at the same time.
Add 13, and you have my favorites as well. Description is definitely good, although that does tend to lead to what one of my betas referred to as "Becca's Splendiferous Long-Ass Sentence[s]," so it requires some care. ;)
I applaud you for that, actually! You have some really great lines there.
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Date: 2010-07-02 10:55 pm (UTC)First and foremost: Movement 2 of Henryck Gorecki's Symphony No. 3 ("Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"). This is the uber-Ivanova song for me. The [Polish] text is from an inscription on a Gestapo cell wall from an 18-year-old girl. It's both a prayer to the Virgin Mary and a request to her mother not to weep for her; for me it kind of epitomizes Ivanova's strength in the really awful situations she goes through.
Bless the Lord, O My Soul, from Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil. Mostly because Rachmaninov's Russian, the text is a psalm and Susan's canonically religious, and it's gorgeous. (This is the Robert Shaw Chorale version. I have great love for Robert Shaw. My college choir director worked with him and his admiration kind of rubbed off on all of us.)
Precious - Depeche Mode. Now for something completely different! ;) Susan after the war.
Things get damaged
Things get broken
I thought we'd manage
But words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give
Born - Over the Rhine. Perhaps for after "Sleeping in Light," when (in my head) she decides to take control of her life and happiness again? Mostly I just didn't want to end on a downer. Also, I seem to have a terrible lack of songs about kickass women.
I was born to laugh
I learned to laugh through my tears
I was born to love
I'm gonna learn to love without fear
Actually, wait. This one is about the speaker's adoration of an awesome woman: Sally Ann - Great Big Sea. Also perhaps it fits in with Susan's apparent like for parties? :D
Sally Ann Sally Ann
Oh when you dance
Every move that you make is amazing.
Take my Heart Take my Hand
Hey Sally Ann
Life will be all that you make it.
You do not abuse opening with dialogue as much as I do!
And here I was just thinking I didn't open with dialogue enough!
Also, 12 & 19 are my two favourites, so apparently I like openers tell the reader physical & psychological place and are funny at the same time.
Add 13, and you have my favorites as well. Description is definitely good, although that does tend to lead to what one of my betas referred to as "Becca's Splendiferous Long-Ass Sentence[s]," so it requires some care. ;)
I applaud you for that, actually! You have some really great lines there.
Thank you!