Originally Posted by BobLMusic
Very impressive work, beautiful and moving!

I loved the melodic cello, and how the music swells in the last third of the piece - and also those bell-like tones at the end.

I read Frankl's book a couple of years ago, and my main takeaway was that the people in the camps who had a purpose, a reason to live, are the ones who survived.

You've composed a great tribute to Frankl, thanks for sharing!
Hey BobL, thanks so much.
Yeah the cello in the intro is really nice, I think the artist that was recorded for that RealTrack is Matt Nelson, very talented.
And the bell-like tones at the end is a voice called "Celesta" on my Korg keyboard. Off the top of my head I really don't know how they built that voice but if you're really interested, send me a PM and there might be a way to dive into the menus to find more info on it. I learned from DrDan a couple years ago that the sequence of notes played there is called a motif.

You're absolutely right about Frankl's observing that those that had a purpose in life had a better chance of surviving the camps than those that didn't. I believe he was trained as a psychiatrist and developed the theory that the central human motivational force was the search for meaning in life; much different than Sigmund Frued's theory.

Thanks again for the constructive/engaging comments. I'm just on my journey along with everyone else smile

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