The Dailies

Word of the Day

Sartorial (adj., sar-TORE-ee-ull)

Relating to dress, tailoring, or style. Technically, ZZ Top was singing about a sartorially inclined man, but that's a terrible rhyme.

Gif of the Day

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Link of the Day

Mahler - Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection) - Finale

It was always going to end with Mahler. When I started mapping out the week of music, this piece was always going to be the end. It just happens to work out more perfectly than we ever expected.

Mahler's Resurrection Symphony features one of the most amazing, stirring endings in all of recorded music. You can hear the pen being carried along as it writes the notes, a passenger on a trip to some other plane of emotion. There were three finalists for which version of this piece would be featured; in all three, the conductor ends up drenched in sweat and ecstatic. Just look at the screencap of Leonard Bernstein, who doesn't conduct as much as act as conduit:

Our week started with death and two mournful songs. It ends with rejoicing and the promise of new life. Amen.

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