http://www.metafilter.com/tags/celestas Posts tagged with 'celestas' at MetaFilter. Wed, 24 Dec 2003 07:27:56 -0800 Wed, 24 Dec 2003 07:27:56 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/30389/The%2DSound%2Dof%2Dthe%2DSugar%2DPlum%2DFairy <a href="http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/index.html">"When Tchaikovsky heard the celesta</a> <i>during a trip to Paris, he wrote a letter to his publisher saying, "get me one of those before another composer steals it." The Sugar Plum Fairy from <a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/nut_history.html"> The Nutcracker</a> couldn't dance without it. We have the history of the celesta -- and hear it in a special performance by Lambert Orkis of the National Symphony Orchestra."</i> From NPR's <i>Morning Edition</i> a look at this relatively obscure instrument that <a href="http://www.mfiles.co.uk/Reviews/harry-potter-and-the-philosophers-stone.htm">young wizards</a> music are made of. If you can't play or afford the real thing, try the <a href="http://seagifts.com/celwinbyjwst.html">chime.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.30389 Wed, 24 Dec 2003 07:27:56 -0800 celestas chimes music musicalinstruments nutcracker tchaikovsky azul