The Joy of Sadness
by Jon Hamilton
Sep 06, 2023
2 minutes
Composer Cliff Masterson knows how to make sorrow sublime.
Take his regal, mournful adagio Beautiful Sadness, for example. [LISTEN TO AN EXCERPT]
"When I wrote it, the feeling of the music was sad, but yet there was this beautiful melody that sat on top," Masterson says.
Written for a string orchestra, the piece observes the conventions of musical melancholy. Phrases are long and slow. Chords stay in
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