Tag Archives: Music

The Miracle of Music: Heinrich Heine

Posted on 20/07/2013 by layanglicana

Music is a strange thing. I would almost say it is a miracle. For it stands half-way between thought and phenomenon, between spirit and matter, a sort of nebulous mediator, like and unlike each of the things it mediates – … Continue reading →

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Begone, Dull Care!

Posted on 18/05/2013 by layanglicana

Begone, dull care! I prithee, begone from me Begone, dull care! You and I shall never agree Long time hast thou been tarrying here And fain thou wouldst me kill But in faith, dull care Thou never shall have thy … Continue reading →

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We Are The Music-Makers: Arthur O’Shaughnessy

Posted on 16/03/2013 by layanglicana

We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams. World-losers and world-forsakers, Upon whom the pale moon gleams; Yet we are the movers and shakers, Of the world forever, … Continue reading →

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The Impossible Dream: Artur Schnabel

Posted on 20/02/2013 by layanglicana

Great music is music that is better than it can ever be played. Artur Schnabel The illustration is copyright: Bruce Rolff via Shutterstock

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Music

Posted on 25/12/2012 by layanglicana

Music is the silence between the notes. Daniel Barenboim The images is Measures 1–9 of Fuga a 3 voci, BWV 847 by J.S. Bach (The Well-Tempered Clavier) from Wikimedia.

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