#Microblog Monday 287: Memorializing
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There was a beautiful piece in DCist last week–titled “‘What Am I Going To Do To Keep Her With Me?’: Army Officer Commissions Music To Honor Stillborn Daughter” about the creation of an original piece of music. You can hear part of the piece if you click over to the article. It’s embedded in two parts.
The article states: “Two months after giving birth to Madison, she reached out to Baltimore-based composer Balmages with the idea to commission a piece of music to honor Madison’s memory and provide the comfort Elliott felt from music to others. Something that could help someone cope with a tremendous loss.”
What an incredible way of grieving and keeping someone close and helping others, all at the same time. Loss, which is sometimes so private, becomes a shared experience when converted into sound.
It’s a beautiful way of remembering someone who was here.
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5 comments
I really love the idea of a piece of music to memorialize someone. I see it pretty often at the top of the pieces I sing in choir – “written for x in honor/memory of y”. The way you put it though – that it becomes a shared experience – wasn’t a way I’d considered it before, though I will now!
Oh that’s beautiful!
Music is a lovely way to remember anyone. We all have different things that speak to us – it might be words, or art, or music. I hope we can hear the piece once it has been performed.
When any pain can be turned into art, the healing begins for everyone it touches.
Oh, what a wonderful touch point. I can see that any creative endeavor would be a good way to keep someone with you. Painting, sculpture, poem, song, etc.