Belinda Bach Memorial Foundation

03/13/2024

Written by Lili Boulanger in 1917. If you were expecting a piece light French fluff, you will be surprised. In honor of Women's Recognition month.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYj3nP6l6DA&ab_channel=Cmaj7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lili_Boulanger

Marie-Juliette Olga "Lili" Boulanger (French: [maʁi ʒyljɛt lili bulɑ̃ʒe] ⓘ; 21 August 1893 – 15 March 1918) was a French composer and the first female winner of the Prix de Rome composition prize.[1] Her older sister was the noted composer and composition teacher Nadia Boulanger.

03/05/2024

Thanks to all my friends who are voting for Dexter! He has slipped from 2nd place to 3rd place, however. I am learning more about the progress of the contest. Thursday night at 7 PM EST, Only the #1 cat in Dexter's group will enter the finals. There are at least 3 other cat groups!! Please help us make it to the finals!!! Voting is free although you can donate to the charity and the amount of your donation will add that number of votes for Dexter! Thanks in advance!

Dexter is a teddybear of a ragdoll. He is very vocal and we have long conversations. He cuddles me at night and sometimes grooms my hair.

02/24/2024

Fairy Tale - lyrics and music by Belinda Bach © 1989 http://belindabach.com/Fairy_Tale.mp3

Fairy Tale (Lyrics)

And all the time the story bends,
Makes no sense at all.
But the book's own spine is breaking
And I'll be the one to take the fall.
And I don't want to find the cure
If it's worse than the disease.
And why should I break the ice
If I know it's going to bleed.

(Refrain)
But that's how fairy tales are when they're trapped in reality.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Can't bring dreamers back to life.
And if there's another way
Please tell me, and I'll write it sweetly.
But otherwise find your own happily ever after.

The dragon that was fought and defeated
Is back to find a reason.
The fairest of the fair is old now
And nothing is the same.
So find yourself a modern story
And write it on the wall.
'Cause I don't mean to break your heart
But these fairy tales aren't true at all.

(Refrain)

So don't you make me fly again
If flying means I'll fall.
And don't you make me breathe again;
This air is too thick for me.
And there's no time to fix the plot,
The plot may disappear.
And is there just a broken song
That's ringing in my ears?

(Refrain)

11/25/2023

Belinda said she got the inspiration for this looking into her rear view mirror where she saw a beautiful sunset with a violet sky. I should do a YouTube video of this with sunset images.

10/14/2021

Celtic Blue Morning with photos by Arthur Raynolds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG0Fc7d57zY
Again you can hear the influence of Phillp Glass. She also loves to put two or more melodies together like her dad.

Celtic Blue Morning music by Belinda Bach with photos from Blue Ridge Parkway by Arthur Raynolds.

10/06/2021

Third movement of her Serenata. Again, you can hear the influence of Philip Glass. Belinda was still in high school when she wrote this. http://belindabach.com/serenata3.mp3

10/06/2021

Serenata, second movement. - Again, synthesizer strings. Would sound much better with acoustic string orchestra!

10/06/2021

Belinda called it a symphony - 3 movements, about 3 minutes each and thematically linked. She wrote it after a summer at Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan. I called it a Serenata because she scored it for strings alone. It could be scored for full symphony orchestra. It could even be scored for voices! This recording is done with synthesizer strings. She was very much influenced by Philip Glass.

04/19/2021

Did Anyone Approach You is one of three arrangements Belinda made for the Aha international fan meet in Los Angeles, performed by Ockham's Razor. In this song, the upper voice is Patrick's part of the time and Belinda's part of the time. It is often hard to tell which is which. When she was arranging this, Belinda called me and asked if I could figure out the little figure in Aha's arrangement as it is quite tricky. I was working and I said I would listen to it later and try to figure it out. Belinda called back later and had figured it out on her own. She did all the instrumentals on her Proteus using Pro Audio 9 on her computer. I don't know why the band broke up, but a producer in Fort Lauderdale later told me he was ready to fly the whole band down to Florida to do some recording. Sad that it never transpired. http://belindabach.com/Did_Anyone_Approach_You.mp3

03/14/2021