Misty Mountains

Notes on each track by the Composer

1. Rapid in the Gorge: This music formed in my mind when I was in a gorge near the Colorado River at sunset.
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2. Dust Devils: I was in the desert. The dust devils were starting - one, two, three. They dissolved, then began again. Finally, they disappeared far into the distance.
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3. Tornado on the Ocean: Once when I was in Florida, a tornado was "walking" on the ocean half a mile from me.
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4. You Came to My Dream: This song is about my Teaching whom I had no seen for forty years. He came to my dream. When I awakened there were tears in my eyes.
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5. Misty Mountains: Misty Mountains was conceived in Yosemite at sunset while I was enjoying the sounds of the mountains and hills.
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6. Gesar Khan: The legend says that Gesar Khan fought against dark forces. Often, after a difficult victory, he returned to his fortress and was revived by the beauty of his surroundings.

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7. Gypsy Dance: I remember three Gypsies who came to the Middle East. They put up their colorful tents and every night performed certain dances. The girls danced with extreme beauty.
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8. Star in My Soul: I conceived this song on the top of a 12,000 foot mountain where I went to meditate and find freedom from "myself." Gradually, I developed a friendship with a bright star. I felt I was no longer me, but the star.
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9. Mountains in China: Seen from the north, these mountains appear as mighty waves in hundreds of colors. This is a place where you can "lose yourself" in beauty.
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10. My Heart in the Stars: This song is composed in memory of an experience I had in the desert in Egypt. I felt that the stars had hearts and my heart was one of them.
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11. Deer on the Horizon: Imagine far off mountains and behind them is the symphony of the sunset. See on the horizon herds of deer running northward - now fast, now slow, advancing together bathed in colors.
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12. Armenian Shepherd Dance: This dance occurred in a far off village in ancient Armenia. Each shepherd had a stick in his hand and performed a dance to the melody of a pipe and three drums.
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