Sunday, February 17, 2013
Saturday, February 16, 2013
some years after turner came to draw the ruins, we sometimes used to sing stanford's nunc dimittis in C at malmesbury abbey on sunday evenings ...
when i was invited to confirm my loyalty to the church, after five years as a chorister, aged about fourteen, i declined, and nowadays i really dislike the imperialist triumphalist lyrics more than ever, but i still think that stanford's amen we sang was very nice ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsnBDU0RTNM
of course, fifty years on times have changed ...
... i wish i could find out the name of this photographer, to whom much credit is due
... and i think el greco would certainly have liked the lighting and the colour scheme
Friday, February 15, 2013
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Friday, February 8, 2013
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Spem in alium ... for a friend's well-loved cat, recently departed
A 1611 letter written by the law student Thomas Wateridge contains the following anecdote:
In Queen Elizabeth's time yeere was a songe sen[t] into England of 30 parts (whence the Italians obteyned ye name to be called ye Apices of the world) wch beeinge songe mad[e] a heavenly Harmony. The Duke of — bearinge a great love to Musicke asked whether none of our Englishmen could sett as good a songe, and Tallice beinge very skilfull was felt to try whether he would undertake ye matter, wch he did and made one of 40 partes wch was songe in the longe gallery at Arundell house, wch so farre surpassed ye other that the Duke, hearinge yt songe, tooke his chayne of Gold from his necke & putt yt about Tallice his necke and gave yt him.[1]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cn7ZW8ts3Y
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
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