{"id":7678,"date":"2018-03-01T06:59:36","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T06:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/?p=7678"},"modified":"2018-03-06T07:38:15","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T07:38:15","slug":"matter-touches-antimatter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/blog\/2018\/03\/matter-touches-antimatter\/","title":{"rendered":"When Matter Touches Antimatter – Music by Rodney Rawlings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rodney Rawlings\u2019s art song \u201cWhen Matter Touches Antimatter\u201d describes a well-known astronomical concept and uses it as a metaphor applicable to a well-known human situation. Here are two takes on it, one by soprano (video and audio) and one by tenor (audio only):<\/p>\n

Soprano Amanda Noelle Neal on February 27, 2018, at the event New Brew: The Brewening, Heartland Cafe Bar, Chicago, hosted by Opera on Tap:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Listen and watch on YouTube<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tenor Brian Minnick, November 3, 2017, Central Presbyterian Church, Austin, Texas; a winner of Second Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Art Song, One Ounce Opera:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Listen on Soundcloud<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

You can also listen to the original (2004) arrangement of this song: MP3 file<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0 (Left-click to listen, right-click to download.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Lyrics:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Some say there must exist in the outer zone<\/p>\n

A world of antimatter.<\/p>\n

The thought makes people scatter,<\/p>\n

\u2019Cause it could make our own<\/p>\n

World shatter<\/p>\n

If, by some awful twist, part of it is hurled<\/p>\n

And crosses over. Watch out, my friend:<\/p>\n

With scarce a chance to catch your breath<\/p>\n

You have no world.<\/p>\n

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Ah, you should know by now: Matters of the heart,<\/p>\n

Are not just idle chatter<\/p>\n

And more like antimatter<\/p>\n

If you are worlds apart<\/p>\n

While at her<\/p>\n

Side, acting like your Earth<\/p>\n

Circles \u2019round her sun.<\/p>\n

So at the slightest hint of the end<\/p>\n

That comes WHEN MATTER TOUCHES ANTIMATTER,<\/p>\n

Run.<\/p>\n

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Because, no matter what you pretend,<\/p>\n

That antimatter\u2019s touch is death<\/p>\n

To everyone.<\/p>\n

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Rodney Rawlings is a Toronto writer and composer\/songwriter.\u00a0He\u00a0arrived at the concept of hypercomplex numbers independently<\/a>, using Ayn Rand\u2019s philosophy of Objectivism to guide him.\u00a0 See his YouTube Channel<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rodney Rawlings ****************************** Rodney Rawlings\u2019s art song \u201cWhen Matter Touches Antimatter\u201d describes a well-known astronomical concept and uses it as a metaphor applicable to a well-known human situation. Here are two takes on it, one by soprano (video and audio) and one by tenor (audio only): Soprano Amanda Noelle Neal on February 27, 2018, at the event New Brew: The Brewening, Heartland Cafe Bar, Chicago, hosted by Opera on Tap: Listen and watch on YouTube. Tenor Brian Minnick, November 3,…<\/p>\n

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