How is it that the poets have said so many fine things about our first love, so few about our later love? Are their first poems their best? Or are not those the best which come from their fuller thought, their larger experience, their deeper-rooted affections?
George Eliot (1819-1880) Discuss
Born Amandine Dupin, Sand was raised in a strict household but began to rebel after spending time in a convent. She wore men’s clothes and urged women to live as men did. In 1836, she divorced her aristocratic husband and moved to Paris with their two children, supporting them by writing some 80 novels. Under her pseudonym, she became a star of the French literary scene, drawing admiration from Gustave Flaubert and vitriol from Charles Baudelaire. What famous composer was Sand’s longtime lover? More… Discuss
Collection: Tales of the Cities
by Various
This is a collection of city stories, fiction or non-fiction, in English and published before 1923. Contributions have been chosen by the reader himself. Summary by BellonaTimes.
Undertaken during a period of maximum sunspot activity, the International Geophysical Year (IGY) was an 18-month period of cooperation among the scientists of 67 nations for concentrated and coordinated geophysical study, primarily of the solar and terrestrial atmospheres. It produced scientific cooperation unimpeded by the Cold War and was the largest and most important international scientific effort to that date. What are some of the dozens of advances and discoveries achieved during the IGY? More… Discuss
Food tastes different depending on the utensils used to serve and eat it. Previous research has shown that crockery can influence our perceptions of foods, and new evidence suggests that cutlery plays a role as well. Cutlery’s size, weight, shape, and color were all found to affect flavor perceptions. Food was rated as sweeter when it was eaten with a small spoon traditionally reserved for desserts, and cheese was perceived as saltier when served on a knife as opposed to a spoon, fork, or toothpick. In addition, the mere weight of a spoon was enough to influence the perceived density and sweetness of yogurt, as was the color contrast between the yogurt and the utensil. More… Discuss
In this 1976 recording, the late Russian pianist Emil Gilels (1916-1985) is joined by members of the Amadeus Quartet (Norbert Brainin, violin; Peter Schidlof, viola; Martin Lovett, cello; and Rainer Zepperitz, double bass) in a performance of Schubert‘s Trout quintet (“Forellenquintett”).
This recording is from a cassette I purchased in the mid-70s, issued on the Deutsche Grammophon label, serial number 3300 646. In order to strengthen viewer confidence that the recording they are listening to is in fact the one it is claimed to be, I have created this video exclusively with images of the cassette and cassette cover and notes.
1. Allegro vivace
2. Andante (13:34)
3. Scherzo. Presto (20:50)
4. Thema. Andantino (24:49)
5. Finale. Allegro giusto (32:43)
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Live from Seoul. Encore #1. Liszt “La Campanella”
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Rare recording: La leggierezza, étude de concert of Franz Liszt by Dinu Lipatti. BBC Recording (London, september 25, 1947) This copy of “La Leggierezza” is not complete (missing the first two bars).
Bad sound quality but the performance is a miracle.
From Wikipedia: Franz Liszt wrote drafts for his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in A major, S.125, during his virtuoso period, in 1839 to 1840. He then put away the manuscript for a decade. When he returned to the concerto, he revised and scrutinized it repeatedly. The fourth and final period of revision ended in 1861. Liszt dedicated the work to his student Hans von Bronsart, who gave the first performance, with Liszt conducting, in Weimar on January 7, 1857. Continue reading
‘Inspired’ – Pencil and ink Sketch #1 (My Art Collection)
Schumann – Fantasiestücken op. 12 – Des Abends – Enrica Ciccarelli
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This song was performed live as an encore.
No ca si pe-aici e la fel…De vina-i CODEX si mancarurile ne-naturale (Adica artificiale) si amestecul de duce si gras, si benzoati si sare cat cuprinde, in acelasi “dish” menu
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Everybody should be put to the question! 🙂 🙂 🙂
This video says about itself:
Spying on guests allegations embarrassing UK
From weekly Der Spiegel in Germany:
‘Out of Control’: Europe Furious over NSA Spying on EU Facilities
By Claus Hecking and Stefan Schultz
Senior European Union officials are outraged by revelations that the US spied on EU representations in Washington and New York. Some have called for a suspension of talks on the trans-Atlantic free trade agreement.
June 30, 2013 – 02:46 PM
Europeans are furious. Revelations that the US intelligence service National Security Agency (NSA) targeted the European Union and several European countries with its far-reaching spying activities have led to angry reactions from several senior EU and German politicians.
“We need more precise information,” said European Parliament President Martin Schulz. “But if it is true, it is a huge scandal. That would mean a huge burden for relations between the EU and the US. We now demand…
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Long past memories, poetic thought by George-B
Furtively, long past memories
Complete their waltzing and, as if flakes of snow,
Come to rest, noticed only by the faintest burn of moist cold,
On the sensitive skin of the forehead – You know the feeling
If you know snow…
These flakes of snow – They don’t belong just to a particular winter,
They come in no order, they don’t even belong to a winter season,
but lately
They could be of any season.
Most of them are pleasant,
very few are painfully real,
and even more so bringing back with them
misunderstandings of people
I have shared more than I should’ve ever had –
Live long enough…You’ll understand what I mean…
Unless you are an expert at life…already,
In which case…
Thanks for your time, reading this nonsense… 🙂 🙂 🙂
(Written while listening to Dmitri Shostakovich’s Jazz Suite #2: Twice)
The Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2 is a Suite by Dmitri Shostakovich. It was written in 1938 for the newly-founded State Jazz Orchestra of Victor Knushevitsky, and was premiered on 28 November 1938 in Moscow (Moscow Radio) by the State Jazz Orchestra. The score was lost during World War II, but a piano score of the work was rediscovered in 1999 by Manashir Yakubov. Three movements of the suite were reconstructed and orchestrated by Gerard McBurney, and were premiered at a London Promenade Concert in 2000.
The Suite, in its reconstructed form, consists of the following movements:
Until recently, another eight-movement Suite by Shostakovich had been misidentified and recorded as the second Jazz Suite. This work is now correctly known as the Suite for Variety Orchestra (post-1956), from which the “Waltz No. 2” was made famous by the soundtrack to Stanley Kubrick‘s Eyes Wide Shut, and which now seems irrevocably erroneously associated with the Jazz Suite No. 2.[1][2
Title : Carl Maria von Weber , Der Freischutz – Overture
From Wikipedia:
Der Freischütz, Op. 77, J. 277, (usually translated as The Marksman[1] or The Freeshooter[2]) is a German opera with spoken dialogue in three acts by Carl Maria von Weber with a libretto by Friedrich Kind. It premiered on 18 June 1821 at the Schauspielhaus Berlin. It is considered the first important German Romantic opera,[3] especially in its national identity and stark emotionality.[4] The plot is based on the German folk legend of the Freischütz and many of its tunes were inspired by German folk music. Its unearthly portrayal of the supernatural in the famous Wolf’s Glen scene has been described as “the most expressive rendering of the gruesome that is to be found in a musical score”.[5] Continue reading
1. Allegro. 00:00
2. Andante 07:17
3. Presto 12:42
Johann Sebastian Bach (Eisenach, Thuringia, March 21. / March 31, 1685 – Leipzig, 28 July 1750) fue an organist, harpsichordist and composer of German Baroque music of it, one of the Member them families of musicians of the more extraordinary history, with more than 35 famous composers and performers featured muchos. Su reputation as organist and harpsichordist was legendary, with fame throughout Europe. Other than him and it organ harpsichord, también he played the violin and viola da gamba, in addition to being great improviser el primer to the music of renown. His fruitful work are considered the summit of the baroque music. He has distinguished himself by intellectual depth, technical perfection, beautiful artistic compositions, and in addition to the synthesis of various styles of his time at an unparalleled extent. Bach is considered the last great master of Art of counterpoint, focal point of inspiration and influence on later composers and musicians from Mozart through Schoenberg to our days. If you liked it, please visit my blog at http://trinken77.blogspot.mx/ THANK YOU, HAVE A NICE DAY! .
Note: I undertook the task of translating this text from Spanish, with the help of the Google translator. Its approximate version made me realise that there still were things to address…So I hope I got right the few grammatical ordinations…If not, feel free to comment!
Ingryd Thorson & Julian Thurber, piano
Antonín Dvořák – Legends, Op. 59
1. Allegretto non troppo, quasi andantino [D minor] 3’03
2. Molto moderato [G major] 4’08
3. Allegro giusto [G minor] 4’11
4. Molto maestoso [C major] 5’30
5. Allegro giusto [A flat major] 4’16
6. Allegro con moto [C sharp minor] 4’21
7. Allegretto grazioso [A major] 2’14
8. Un poco allegretto e grazioso, quasi andantino [F major] 3’16
9. Andante con moto [D major] 2’27
10. Andante [B flat minor] 3’14
The Piano Concerto No. 16 in D Major, KV. 451 is a concertante work for piano, or pianoforte, and orchestra by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart composed the concerto for performance at a series of concerts at the Vienna venues of the Trattnerhof and the Burgtheater in the first quarter of 1784, where he was himself the soloist.[1] Mozart noted this concerto as complete on 22 March 1784 in his catalog, and performed the work later that month. Cliff Eisen has postulated that this performance was on 31 March 1784
The work is orchestrated for solo piano, flute, two oboes, two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, timpani and strings. The concerto is in three movements: 1. Allegro assai
2. Andante in G major
3. Allegro di molto
Simon Keefe has noted contemporary comments from Mozart’s era on how the woodwind writing in this concerto showed a “newly intricate and sophisticated” character compared to Mozart’s prior keyboard concerti.[1] M.S. Cole has noted Mozart’s use of meter changes in the coda of the finale, starting at measure 315, from 2/4 to 3/8, and subsequent thematic transformations.[3] Joel Galand has noted that the finale, in rondo/ritornello form, avoids use of a new re-entry theme
A ma fille, Charles Aznavour
Je sais qu’un jour viendra car la vie le commande
Ce jour que j’appréhende où tu nous quitteras
Je sais qu’un jour viendra où triste et solitaire
En soutenant ta mère et en traînant mes pas
Je rentrerai chez nous dans un “chez nous” désert
Je rentrerai chez nous où tu ne seras pas.
Toi tu ne verras rien des choses de mon cœur
Tes yeux seront crevés de joie et de bonheur
Et j’aurai un rictus que tu ne connais pas
Qui semble être un sourire ému mais ne l’est pas
En taisant ma douleur à ton bras fièrement
Je guiderai tes pas quoique j’en pense ou dise
Dans le recueillement d’une paisible église
Pour aller te donner à l’homme de ton choix
Qui te dévêtira du nom qui est le nôtre
Pour t’en donner un autre que je ne connais pas.
Je sais qu’un jour viendra tu atteindras cet âge
Où l’on force les cages ayant trouvé sa voie
Je sais qu’un jour viendra, l’âge t’aura fleurie
Et l’aube de ta vie ailleurs se lèvera
Et seul avec ta mère le jour comme la nuit
L’été comme l’hiver nous aurons un peu froid.
Et lui qui ne sait rien du mal qu’on s’est donné
Lui qui n’aura rien fait pour mûrir tes années
Lui qui viendra voler ce dont j’ai le plus peur
Notre part de passé, notre part de bonheur
Cet étranger sans nom, sans visage
Oh! combien je le hais
Et pourtant s’il doit te rendre heureuse
Je n’aurai envers lui nulle pensée haineuse
Mais je lui offrirai mon cœur avec ta main
Je ferai tout cela en sachant que tu l’aimes
Simplement car je t’aime
Le jour, où il viendra.
Sights of Montmartre (Paris) to a french popular classic.
Pardonnez la faute d’orthographe.
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In answer to many requests, here go the full lyrics:
“Je vous parle d’un temps
Que les moins de vingt ans
Ne peuvent pas connaître
Montmartre en ce temps-là
Accrochait ses lilas
Jusque sous nos fenêtres
Et si l’humble garni
Qui nous servait de nid
Ne payait pas de mine
C’est là qu’on s’est connu
Moi qui criait famine
Et toi qui posais nue
La bohème, la bohème
Ça voulait dire on est heureux
La bohème, la bohème
Nous ne mangions qu’un jour sur deux
Dans les cafés voisins
Nous étions quelques-uns
Qui attendions la gloire
Et bien que miséreux
Avec le ventre creux
Nous ne cessions d’y croire
Et quand quelque bistrô
Contre un bon repas chaud
Nous prenait une toile
Nous récitions des vers
Groupés autour du poêle
En oubliant l’hiver
La bohème, la bohème
Ça voulait dire tu es jolie
La bohème, la bohème
Et nous avions tous du génie
Souvent il m’arrivait
Devant mon chevalet
De passer des nuits blanches
Retouchant le dessin
De la ligne d’un sein
Du galbe d’une hanche
Et ce n’est qu’au matin
Qu’on s’assayait enfin
Devant un café-crème
Epuisés, mais ravis
Fallait-il que l’on s’aime
Et qu’on aime la vie!
La bohème, la bohème
Ça voulait dire on a vingt ans
La bohème, la bohème
Et nous vivions de l’air du temps
Quand au hasard des jours
Je m’en vais faire un tour
A mon ancienne adresse
Je ne reconnais plus
Ni les murs, ni les rues
Qui ont vu ma jeunesse
En haut d’un escalier
Je cherche l’atelier
Dont plus rien ne subsiste
Dans son nouveau décor
Montmartre semble triste
Et les lilas sont morts
La bohème, la bohème
On était jeunes, on était fous
La bohème, la bohème
Ça ne veut plus rien dire du tout…!”
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Una vecchia canzone della cantante italo-francesce cover di una nota canzone di Cher.Una drammatica interpretazione come solo la voce della Gigliotti poteva rendere questa canzone.
Tu ne viendras pas ce soir
Me crie mon désespoir
Mais tombe la neige
Impassible manege
Tombe la neige
Tu ne viendras pas ce soir
Tombe la neige
Tout est blanc de désespoir
Triste certitude
Le froid et l’absence
Cet odieux silence
Blanche solitude
Tu ne viendras pas ce soir
Me crie mon désespoir
Mais tombe la neige
Impassible manege
From her first EP, recorded in 1962.
When occasions present themselves, in which the interests of the people are at variance with their inclinations, it is the duty of the persons whom they have appointed to be the guardians of those interests.
Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804) Discuss
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Hamilton performs a response to Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s poem about him from Aaron Burr’s perspective. Thomas Jefferson accompanies him on piano.
A founding member of The Supremes, Ballard sang on 16 Top 40 hit singles. She was first recruited by future members of The Temptations for a sister group they were forming. Ballard in turn recruited Mary Wilson, whom she had met at a talent show, and Wilson brought in Diana Ross. Disputes over Ballard’s role in the trio led Motown Records to release her from the group in 1967, reportedly for “exhaustion.” Her solo career failed, and she died in 1976 at age 32 as a result of what? More… Discuss
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Tagged diana ross, florence ballard, mary wilson, members of the temptations, sister group, top 40 hit singles
From 1764 to 1767, the people of Gévaudan, France, reported dozens of sightings of a man-eating, wolf-like creature now known as the Beast of From 1764 to 1767, the people of Gévaudan, France, reported dozens of sightings of a man-eating, wolf-like creature now known as the Beast of Gévaudan. According to many accounts, the beast—consistently described as having large teeth and an immense tail—killed some 100 people, prompting King Louis XV to send hunters to slay it. Some stories say a local hunter shot the beast, possibly with silver bullets. According to one theory, what exotic-but-real creature may have been behind the attacks? More… Discuss
In Hinduism, a sadhu is a wandering holy man dedicated to achieving the fourth and final Hindu goal of life, moksha—liberation from the cycle of death and reincarnation—through meditation and the contemplation of Brahman, the ultimate reality of the universe. They are typically mystics, ascetics, yogis, or itinerant monks who have renounced life in society to focus instead on spirituality. In Sanskrit, sadhu means “good,” “right,” or “holy.” How many sadhus are there in India? More… Discuss
A tale about the daily life of Gajender Gipi Mharai, a naga sadhu, at Kumbh Mela in Haridwar, India.
The music of this video is now available in the iTunes Store:http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sadh…
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