{"id":571,"date":"2015-11-16T21:12:56","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T21:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/?p=571"},"modified":"2016-02-25T13:26:23","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T13:26:23","slug":"music-for-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/2015\/11\/music-for-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Music for France"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Candles<\/a><\/p>\n

In light of the terrible events in Paris, France this past Friday<\/a>, we at the Parsons Music Library have decided to share some music selections in solidarity with the people of France (and the victims of violence all over the world). <\/p>\n

Many people have found ways to pay musical tribute to Paris, here are just a couple of lovely examples: <\/p>\n

A man traveled to the Bataclan to play John Lennon’s “Imagine” near the site of one of the attacks. Read more from a Rolling Stone<\/em> article here: http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/news\/watch-pianist-perform-john-lennons-imagine-outside-paris-bataclan-20151114<\/a><\/p>\n

The Metropolitan Opera<\/a> in New York City paid tribute on Saturday with a rendition of the French National Anthem “La Marseilles”<\/a>. Here’s a New York Times<\/em> blog post with more info: http:\/\/artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com\/2015\/11\/14\/at-metropolitan-opera-support-for-paris-sounds-out-with-singing-of-frances-national-anthem\/?_r=0<\/a><\/p>\n