Portrait of Anton Rubinstein (1887), by Ilya Repin, Image Source: wikipedia
Vivaldi’s Concerto in A Minor, complete, performed on original instruments by the award winning ensemble Voices of Music. Augusta McKay Lodge, baroque violin.
The portrait is magnificent, but the music reigns supreme. It was like a dance at first. Loved the dresses and spinet player whipping the sheets of music over! Thank you for my quiet time with the arts today! You a wonderful humanities teacher! Just, please, don’t make me write a prayer poem to a yam like my one in high school did! Ha!!
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Simply wonderful! ❣️❣️❣️
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I appreciate. your visit, Luisa. 🙂❤️
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My pleasure ❣️❣️❣️
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I found an interesting article about the quip that Vivaldi didn’t compose 500 concertos, he just wrote the same concerto 500 times:
https://notanothermusichistorycliche.blogspot.com/2018/10/did-stravinsky-say-vivaldi-wrote-same.html
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“…all music carries social and cultural meaning, which changes over time.” Interesting arguments – thanks for the link, Steve. 🙂
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When I look to classical music, Vivaldi is always my first choice.
Thank you for sharing.
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I appreciate your visit, Dee. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. 🙂
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The portrait is magnificent, but the music reigns supreme. It was like a dance at first. Loved the dresses and spinet player whipping the sheets of music over! Thank you for my quiet time with the arts today! You a wonderful humanities teacher! Just, please, don’t make me write a prayer poem to a yam like my one in high school did! Ha!!
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Oh no! I promise – NO poems to a yam!!! lol 🙂❤️
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😊♥️ Thank goodness!
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