Queen, Love of My Life - A Classical Musician’s First Listen, Reaction, and Study

This is the first Rock piece that I took the time to listen to. It seems appropriate that it came from the iconic The Queen. It really surprised me — harp, piano, and Freddie Mercury’s stunningly expressive voice — not at all what I had associated with Rock music! The trouble Brian May had to go through in order to play the harp part of the piece, Freddie Mercury’s Classical influence, and the source of inspiration for the piece are some of the things I discovered along the way. Let me know what your thoughts are about this beautiful piece of music! If this is the first time you’re watching one of my videos and you’re curious about who I am and my fields of expertise, follow this link: Join the classical musician Amy Shafer in her first listen of Love of My Life by Queen and watch her follow-up thoughts and discoveries about this piece of music. _________________________ If you want me to do a First Listen and In-depth Analysis of YOUR song of choice, or if you want an exclusive 1:1 session where I can answer your questions, dig deeper into a topic, or even coach you in your musical experience, such as a music theory, piano, or harp lesson, singing, music reading, etc, follow this link: If you enjoyed this well enough to support my work, here’s a link where you can “buy me a coffee”… or two :) _________________________ Amy Shafer, LRSM, FRSM, RYC, is a classical harpist, pianist, and music teacher, Director of Piano Studies and Assistant Director of Harp Studies for The Harp School, Inc., holds multiple degrees in harp and piano performance and teaching, and is active as a solo and collaborative performer. With nearly two decades of teaching experience, she teaches privately, presents masterclasses and coaching sessions, and has performed and taught in Europe and USA. _________________________ Credits: Music written and performed by Queen This video may contain copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. VirginRock, as a non-monetized channel, is using this material for educational, critical, research, and commentary purposes in our effort to promote musical literacy and understanding. We believe that this constitutes a “fair use” of the copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 . Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, which provides allowance for “fair use“ for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond “fair use”, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. If your copyrighted material appears on this channel and you disagree with our assessment that it constitutes “fair use”, please contact us.