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Category Archives: Music
JOY!
“Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body.” Oliver Wendell Holmes At the close of 2014, a year of … Continue reading
AUTUMN LEAVES
It’s late October. We’re past the blue and gold, and into the fallen, fading autumn leaves of ocher, beige, dull red and brown. They’re EVERYWHERE! On the patio: Sitting on the chairs: It’s clearly time to wrap up outdoor living for the winter, … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, Loneliness, Memory, Music, Nature, Pioneer Valley, winter
Tagged Autumn, Music, Nat King Cole, Winter
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TODAY’S PORTRAIT: HIBISCUS, BABY!
And now for something COMPLETELY different — La Hibiscus! Talk about in-your-face! No shrinking violet she. Her philosophy is, If you’ve got it, flaunt it! A hot-blooded lady from the tropics, our hibiscus is right out there. In her gorgeous color, … Continue reading
Posted in Color, Flowers, Memory, Music, Photography
Tagged Carmen Miranda, Entertainers, Memories, Movies, Musicals, World War II
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It’s All Connected, Even the Dragons —
I woke up this morning and found I was thinking about dragons. A little strange, when I think how the sun was shining on hot pink rhododendron blossoms and the sky was blue and brilliant. Nothing fierce or dragon-y in sight … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness, Loneliness, Memory, Music, Personal Essay, Quotes, Wisdom
Tagged Connections, Death, Dragons, Ezekiel, France, Joy, Resurrection, Rilke, Troyes
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Boundless Joy!
Will you hop aboard my train of thought with me? It’s heading toward a place of harmony and — you guessed it — joy! The starting point was a dull morning with not much needing to be done. So I … Continue reading
Posted in Angels, Art, Etcetera, Happiness, Music
Tagged Beethoven, Friendship, Genius, Germany, Joy, Music, Spain, Stream of Consciousness
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A Glimmer of Hope (3): NATURE
Last week, the bombing of the Boston Marathon, another “little death” of innocence, plunged me into despair. Very slowly I began seeking, and finding, some glimmers of hope in an inner darkness: first came music, next came sharing of food, … Continue reading
A GLIMMER OF HOPE (1)
(Gemma, this post’s for you. We have a deal.) When I wrote the post What Does Being Human Mean, Anyway? the morning after the Boston Marathon Massacre, I was angry, distraught, and in despair. Despair = de spero = out of … Continue reading
The SESSIONS Session
This is a follow-up to previous post, Why I Haven’t Been Posting Lately, wherein I lamented having to deal with 20th century composer Roger Sessions’ musical setting of Walt Whitman’s poetic elegy for Abraham Lincoln, “When Lilacs Last in the … Continue reading
Posted in Challenge, Death, Etcetera, Music
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Atonal Music, Blogging Friends, Composers, Music, Requiems, Roger Sessions
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Why I Haven’t Been Posting Lately —
I blame it on this guy: Roger Sessions (1896 – 1985) was the most prolific and illustrious 20th century composer I had never heard of. That is, until I entered the continuing education seminar I’m taking now, Music for Mourning. It … Continue reading
Posted in Challenge, Life and Death, Music
Tagged Atonal Music, Blogging, Dissonance, Learning, Melody, Music, Requiems, Roger Sessions, Walt Whitman
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XYZZZZZZZZZ Rated!
Here you have an unexplored (by me) staircase descending into the basement of Thornes Marketplace, Northampton’s showcase new/old shopping center. It’s alluring, in its promise of fun and unexpected goods at low prices, but so far I’ve not dared to descend … Continue reading